ܙܓܐ

• ܙܲܥܝܵܐ (zaˁyā)

From Aramaic זָגָא (zāḡā, “chick”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (zʾtk' /⁠zādag⁠/) or [script needed] (zhk' /⁠zahag⁠/); compare also Old Armenian ձագ (jag), Persian زاق (zâq), Mingrelian ძოკი (ʒoḳi), Georgian ზაქი (zaki). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܙܓܐ (zāggā).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [zaːɣaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [zaʔa]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [zaj.jɑː]

ܙܵܓ݂ܵܐ • (zāḡā) m (plural ܙܵܓ݂ܹ̈ܐ (zāḡē), feminine ܙܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ (zāḡtā))

1. offspring, young of an animal, especially chick

   ܙܵܓ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܕܐܲܪܝܵܐ ܗܵܕܘܿܣܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܚܵܕ݂ܸܪ̈ܘܵܢܗܘܿܢ.

   zāḡē d-aryā hādōsē ìnā ˁal ˁālmā ḥāḏirwānhōn.

   The lion's young are curious about the world around them.

   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Matthew 21:5:

     ܐ݇ܡܘܿܪܘܼܢ ܠܒܪܵܬܵܐ ܕܨܸܗܝܘܿܢ، «ܗܵܐ ܡܲܠܟܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܹܐ݇ܬܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܟܸܣܠܵܟ݂ܝ، ܡܲܟܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܘܪܟ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܚܡܵܪܬܵܐ، ܘܥܲܠ ܓ̰ܲܥܫܵܐ ܙܵܓ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܕܚܡܵܪܬܵܐ».

     mōrūn l-brātā d-ṣihyōn, “hā malkāḵ bētāyā ìlēh l-kislāḵ, makīḵā w-rḵīḇā ˁal ḥmārtā, w-ˁal jaˁšā zāḡē d-ḥmārtā”.

     Tell the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your King is coming to you, Lowly, and sitting on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.”

• ܦܲܪܘܼܓ݂ܵܐ (parūḡā)

• Mutzafi, Hezy (2021) “Neo-Aramaic Animal Names”, in Geoffrey Khan and Paul M. Noorlander, editors, Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic, University of Cambridge, →DOI, page 397

From the earlier unassimilated form ܙܢܓܐ (zangā), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭭𐭢 (zang); compare Persian زنگ (zang).

• ܙܢܓܐ (zangā) (unassimilated form)

• IPA^(key): [ˈzaɡ.ɡɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈzaɡ.ɡe] (plural)

ܙܓܐ • (zaggā) m (plural ܙܓܐ)

1. cymbal, bell
2. mortar (used with a pestle)

• ܢܩܘܫܐ (nāqōšā)

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zʾtk' /⁠zādag⁠/) or [script needed] (zhk' /⁠zahag⁠/); compare also Old Armenian ձագ (jag), Persian زاق (zâq), Mingrelian ძოკი (ʒoḳi), Georgian ზაქი (zaki). Cognate with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܙܵܓ݂ܵܐ (zāḡā).

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɑ(ɡ).ɡɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈzɑ(ɡ).ɡe] (plural)

ܙܓܐ • (zāggā) m (plural ܙܓܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܙܓܬܐ)

1. chick (young chicken)

   Synonym: ܦܪܘܓܐ

• “zg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 22 May 2011
• “zg²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 28 May 2025
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 171
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 84a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 110a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, pages 364a–b