חזירתא
Aramaic
Alternative forms
- Syriac: ܚܙܝܪܬܐ
Etymology
Compare Akkadian 𒄷𒆰𒌈 (ḫuzīrtu), Hebrew חזירה (hazīráh), Arabic خِنْزِيرَة (ḵinzīra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħzirtɑʔ/
Noun
חזירתא • (ħzīrtā’) f (plural חזירתא, singular masculine counterpart חזירא)
- pig, swine, sow
References
- “ḥzyrh”, 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