ܒܢܓܐ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܒܘܢܓ (bung)
Etymology
From the Middle Persian predecessor of Persian بنگ (bang, “hemp; henbane”), from Sanskrit भङ्ग (bhaṅga, “hemp”) (already Vedic Sanskrit).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banɡɑ/
Noun
ܒܢܓܐ • (bangā) m
- bhang, ganja, hashish (Cannabis sativa and especially brayed leaves thereof used as a narcotic)
- Hypernym: ܩܢܦܐ (qənappā)
- Meronym: ܫܗܕܢܓ (šahdānāḡ)
- henbane (Hyoscyamus gen. et spp.)
- Synonym: ܫܟܪܘܢܐ (šaḵrōnā)
Inflection
declension of ܒܢܓܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܒܢܓ | ܒܢܓܝܢ |
| construct | ܒܢܓ | ܒܢܓܝ |
| emphatic | ܒܢܓܐ | ܒܢܓܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܒܢܓܝ | ܒܢܓܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܒܢܓܟ | ܒܢܓܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܒܢܓܟܝ | ܒܢܓܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܒܢܓܗ | ܒܢܓܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܒܢܓܗ | ܒܢܓܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܒܢܓܢ | ܒܢܓܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܒܢܓܟܘܢ | ܒܢܓܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܒܢܓܟܝܢ | ܒܢܓܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܒܢܓܗܘܢ | ܒܢܓܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܒܢܓܗܝܢ | ܒܢܓܝܗܝܢ |
References
- “bwng”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 79a
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
- Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 45b