ܙܰܪܕܳܐ zrdʾ zarḏā, plur. zarḏē (BB 699, 15) coat of mail
Verbal derivative: Pa. to arm. Reborrowing: ܝܪܙ zry coat of mail
OIr. *zrăda-, cf. MP zrēh [zlyh] armour, harness (CPD 99; Nyberg 232); Arm. LW zrah-kh (Hübschmann AG 152, no. 238); NP zirih a coat of mail (Steingass 616; Horn 146). — Talm. Aram. zrdʾ cuirass (Telegdi 243, 72); Arab. LW zarad armour, cuirass. Syr. zrdʾ and Talm. Aram. zrdʾ trace back to OIr. *zrăda-, and, according to Nyberg 232, do not tally with Av. zrāδa- armour, cuirasse (AirWb 1703); Syr. zry is the later loanword, borrowed from MP or NP ● zrdʾ 1Mcc 6, 35 (Cer. ἁλυσιδωτός); IA 1, 146 v. 1479; JSA 357; MiS 417a 14 (s.l.); EN 41, 28; BA 3565; BB 532, 1; Pa. Cat Cambr 380, 10 (nisi leg. ܙܲܪܹܙ zarez Bh ce 1, 455, 8, leg. ܡܹܙܕܲܪܟܲܠ mezdarkal); zry ON 117, 9 ◆ LS 206a, b; Lagarde GA 44, 112; Duval index pers. 219