ܓܶܙܒܪܳܐ gzbrʾ, ܓܝܹܙܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ gyzbrʾ gezzaḇrā treasurer
Reborrowing: ܓܲܢܙܘܼܪܵܐ gnzwrʾ ganzurā
Syr. gzbrʾ, gyzbrʾ is a loanword from OP *ganzabara- (Median, according to Hinz 1975, 102; see the "Persianized" form *ganδabara-, Aram. gdbryʾ, Daniel 3, 2 and 3); cf. Sogd. γznβrʾy. — It is a very old loanword in Semitic, already attested in Akkad. gan-za-ba-ru, Bibl. Aram. gzbr (Ezra 7, 21) and Off. Aram. gnzbr (Bowman p. 191, with several examples; cf. Mancini 1987, 39 ff.); Talm. Aram. gzbr (Telegdi 237, 43); Md. gʾnzybrʾ name of a priest class; cf. also Arm. LW ganjawor treasurer (Hübschmann AG 126, no. 129). According to PS Suppl. 72, it would be also attested Syr. gʾzbrʾ (am 4, 17), not recorded in LS, with the meaning "advocate, pleader". Syr. gnzwrʾ is the later borrowing, probably from MP ganǰwar [gncwbl] treasurer (CPD 35), ManMP gnzwr /ganzwar/ id. (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 163); or perhaps from NP ganǰ-var, ganǰūr a treasurer (Steingass 1099), considered that gnzwrʾ occurs in late authors. See also the previous entry ● gzbrʾ, gyzbrʾ 2 Rg 10, 21; VRabb 208, 9; Jul 16, 22; AS 3, 209, 15; gnzwrʾ Bh gr 1, 19, 10; BA 2939; BB 504, 7; corr. ܐܵܪܘܼܙܝܲܓ Bh gr l.l. ◆ LS 111a; 125a; Lagarde GA 28, line 5