חזירא
Aramaic
Alternative forms
- Syriac: ܚܙܝܪܐ
Etymology
Compare Akkadian 𒄷𒍣𒊏 (ḫuzīru), Hebrew חזיר (hazír), Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħzirɑʔ/
Noun
חזירא • (ħzīrā’) m (plural חזירא, singular feminine counterpart חזירתא)
- pig, swine, hog
References
- “ḥzyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press