Two Iranian loanwords in Syriac
Two Iranian loanwords in Syriac
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Cambridge University Press
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2017
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Bulletin of the school of Oriental and African studies
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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 80, No. 3, October 2017, pp. 485-490
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This 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, sasgauna "red" and syanqa "hemi-drachm", are loanwords from Middle Persian, though unattested in that language.
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CITATION: Sims-Williams, Nicholas. Two Iranian loanwords in Syriac . : Cambridge University Press , 2017. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 80, No. 3, October 2017, pp. 485-490 - Available at: https://library.au.int/two-iranian-loanwords-syriac