ܕܪܨܝܢܝ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- דרציני
Etymology
From the Middle Persian ancestor of Persian دارچین (dârčin) or one of its Middle Iranian cognates.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑrsˤini/
Noun
ܕܪܨܝܢܝ • (dārṣīnī) m
- 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, page 346 Nr. 292