ܙܘܦܐ

Related to Akkadian 𒍪𒌑𒁍 (/⁠zūpu⁠/), Hebrew אֵזוֹב (ʾēzṓḇ), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic אֵיזוֹבָא (ʾēzōḇa), and Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos) with its many European descendants.

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈzo.p˭ɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈzo.p˭ɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈzu.p˭o]

The unaspirated [p˭], foreign to Syriac phonology, is due to there being a Greek π (p) being rendered in the other word, so that the two words spelled the same got fused in pronunciation, both being considered of Greek origin by Syrians.

ܙܘܦܐ • (zōṗā) m or f (plural ܙܘܦܐ (zōṗē))

1. hyssop

• → Arabic: زُوفَا (zūfā)
• → Aghwan: 𐔵𐕒𐕗𐔰 (zoṗa)
• → Old Armenian: զոպայ (zopay)
  • → Old Georgian: ზოპავი (zoṗavi)
• → Byzantine Greek: ζοῦφα (zoûpha)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek οἴσυπος (oísupos), οἰσύπη (oisúpē, “lanoline”).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈzo.p˭ɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈzo.p˭ɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈzu.p˭o]

ܙܘܦܐ • (zōṗā) m (plural ܙܘܦܐ (zōṗē))

1. lanolin, the grease of wool

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