Two Iranian Loanwords in Syriac

Two Iranian Loanwords in SyriacBulletin of the School of Oriental and African StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/R5EE8U6U/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.NicholasSims-WilliamsTwo Iranian Loanwords in Syriachttp://syriaca.org/cbss/R5EE8U6Uhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/R5EE8U6Uhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/R5EE8U6UBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies80:32017485-490This article discusses two Syriac words which have been understood in many different ways by both ancient and modern scholars. The translations and etymologies previously proposed are evaluated and new explanations are offered, according to which both words, sāsgaunā “red” and syānqā “hemi-drachm”, are loanwords from Middle Persian, though unattested in that language. Sims-Williams, Nicholas. “Two Iranian Loanwords in Syriac.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 80:3 (2017): 485–90. Nicholas Sims-Williams, Two Iranian Loanwords in Syriac, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 80:3 (2017): 485–90.Classical SyriacSyriac languagelexicographyloan-words [Persian]