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z r b

19 lemmas · 7 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT 1Chr.3.19
Themes:zerumbet·2guinea·2fowl·2
POS shape:noun·12name·3adj·2verb·2

This root is attested across 7 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.

Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family

*z-r-bProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewזַרְבּוּבִיתז ר בspout (a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged)
Aramaic
Syriacܙܪܘܒܕܙ ܪ ܒshampoo ginger, zerumbet (Zingiber zerumbet)
Assyrian NAܙܪܝܼܒ݂ܵܐܙ ܪ ܒcompact, concentrated, crowded, dense
Arabic
Arabicزِرْيَابز ر بa male given name
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezዘርቤዶዘ ረ በguinea fowl
Amharicዘርቤዶዘ ረ በguinea fowl
Tigrinyaዘረበዘ ረ በto speak

Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.

Classical Syriac

syc · 1 lemma
  • zurubāḏnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    shampoo ginger, zerumbet (Zingiber zerumbet)
    From Middle Persian whence Persian زرنباد (zurunbād).

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 2 lemmas

Hebrew

he · 3 lemmas
  • zarbuvítnounattestedWiktionary ↗
    spout (a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged)
  • ZrubavélnameinferredT 1Chr.3.19Wiktionary ↗
    a governor of the Persian Province of Judah, who led the first group of Jews returned from the Babylonian Captivity.
    From זָרוּעַ (zarúa, “sown, begotten”) + בָּבֶל (bavél, “Babylon”), thus meaning "sown in Babylon".
  • azerbayjánnameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe)
    Borrowed from Azerbaijani Azərbaycan.

Arabic

ar · 7 lemmas
  • ziryābnameattestedWiktionary ↗
    a male given name
  • zarībanounattestedWiktionary ↗
    barn, shack, stable, hovel, corral, shelter
  • zarbiyyanouninferredWiktionary ↗
    carpet, rug
    * William Hoyt Worrell considers it a genuine Arabic word. It is according to him from زِرْب (zirb, “canal”) and originally meant a “rug streaked with canals”, a “striped rug”, formed as فِسْقِيَّة (fisqiyya, “fountain”), شَمْسِيَّة (šamsiyya, “parasol”), حَنَفِيَّة (ḥanafiyya, “faucet, spigot”).
  • ziryābnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    gold
  • mizrābnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    alternative form of مِرْزَاب (mirzāb)
  • zīrabājnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    a certain spicy meat-stew thickened with nuts and/or fruits and vegetables
    From Middle Persian equivalent to Classical Persian زیربا (zīr-bā), زیرهبا (zīra-bā), equivalent to زیره (zīra) + ـبا (-bā).
  • zarbaṭānanouninferredWiktionary ↗
    obsolete form of سَبَطَانَة (sabaṭāna)

Ge'ez

gez · 1 lemma
  • zärbedonouninferredWiktionary ↗
    guinea fowl
    The etymology of this word is not given in any lexicon.

Amharic

am · 2 lemmas
  • zärbedonouninferredWiktionary ↗
    guinea fowl
    Perhaps borrowed from Ge'ez ዘርቤዶ (zärbedo); see below.
  • zərfiyanouninferredWiktionary ↗
    pillage

Tigrinya

ti · 3 lemmas

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with z-r-b

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