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 ב— spout (a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged)
Aramaic
Syriacܙܪܘܒܕܙ ܪ ܒ— shampoo ginger, zerumbet (Zingiber zerumbet)
Assyrian NAܙܪܝܼܒ݂ܵܐܙ ܪ ܒ— compact, concentrated, crowded, dense
Arabic
Arabicزِرْيَابز ر ب— a male given name
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezዘርቤዶዘ ረ በ— guinea fowl
Amharicዘርቤዶዘ ረ በ— guinea fowl
Tigrinyaዘረበዘ ረ በ— to 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- shampoo ginger, zerumbet (Zingiber zerumbet)From Middle Persian whence Persian زرنباد (zurunbād).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 2 lemmas- compact, concentrated, crowded, denseInherited from Aramaic [Term?]
▸ 2 derivations
- derivedܙܪܝܼܒ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐzrīḇūṯā
- derivedܙܪܝܼܒ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ݂zrīḇāˀīṯ
- rainstorm, deluge, torrential rainInherited from Aramaic [Term?]
Hebrew
he · 3 lemmas- spout (a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged)
- 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".
- Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe)Borrowed from Azerbaijani Azərbaycan.
Arabic
ar · 7 lemmas- a male given name
- barn, shack, stable, hovel, corral, shelter
- 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”).
- gold
- alternative form of مِرْزَاب (mirzāb)
- a certain spicy meat-stew thickened with nuts and/or fruits and vegetablesFrom Middle Persian equivalent to Classical Persian زیربا (zīr-bā), زیرهبا (zīra-bā), equivalent to زیره (zīra) + ـبا (-bā).
- obsolete form of سَبَطَانَة (sabaṭāna)
Ge'ez
gez · 1 lemma- guinea fowlThe etymology of this word is not given in any lexicon.
Amharic
am · 2 lemmas- guinea fowlPerhaps borrowed from Ge'ez ዘርቤዶ (zärbedo); see below.
- pillage
Tigrinya
ti · 3 lemmas- to speak
- infinitive of ዘረበ (zäräbä)
- talkative