ܕܪܨܝܢܝ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the Middle Persian ancestor of Persian دارچین (dârčin) or one of its Middle Iranian cognates. Equivalent to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic דרציני (dārṣīnī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑrsˤini/

Noun

ܕܪܨܝܢܝ • (dārṣīnī) m

1. cinnamon (particularly Cinnamomum verum)

References

• “drṣyny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008), Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
• Lagarde, Paul de (1866), Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 35 Nr. 90
• Löw, Immanuel (1881), Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, →DOI, page 346 Nr. 292