ܣܝܣܡܪ sysmr reptile
Allotrope: ܫܘܼܫܡܵܪ šwšmr šušmār chameleon
Cf. NP sūsmār a species of green lizard, with the head of a serpent, whose grease women eat and with which they anoint themselves, to augment their fatness; an alligator; a porpoise (Steingass 708); Ir. Kabuli šušmār, Pashto sīmsār, Ormuri, Baluci šūšmār a large kind of lizard; ← OInd. śiµśumāra- porpoise, Delphinus gangeticus, crocodile (Turner 1966, no. 12426, with bibl.) ● sysmr Cast; šwšmr EN 43, 86; BB 1959, 20 ◆ LS 487b, 810b; Lagarde GA 71, 177