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Lexeme
Glosses

Lexeme	ܗܫܬܕܗܢ
Seyame	No

Lexicon	Language	Meaning
Ciancaglini	English	aloe

Brockelmann
Ciancaglini

ܗܫܬܕܗܢ

ܗܫܬܕܗܢ hštdhn aloe

Allotrope: ܐܫܕܗܢ ʾšdhn δρακόντιον?

MP *hašt dahān; NP hašt dahān aloe-wood, mallow (Steingass 1500). Syr. ʾšdhn is an older borrowing, simplified according to the phonotactic rules of Syriac (rather than from Pers. اژدهان*, with LS). See § 10 ● hštdhn BB 661, 6; ʾšdhn Med 363, 5; 431, 14 ◆ LS 184b; LS 52b; Duval index pers. 228

Claudia A. Ciancaglini, Iranian Loanwords in Syriac (Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2008) ܗܫܬܕܗܢ [from sedra.bethmardutho.org, accessed on Jan. 15, 2025].

Brockelmann

Entry 140 on pp. 184

Carl Brockelmann, Lexicon Syriacum (Halis Saxonum: Sumptibus M. Niemeyer) p. 184 [from sedra.bethmardutho.org, tagged by Giovanni Gomiero, accessed on Jan. 15, 2025].