ܫܕܪܘܢ šdrwn veil
MP *čādurwān, cf. NP šādurvān, šādurbān a large veil, curtain or tapestry suspended before the gate of a royal palace (Steingass 722). The first element is MP čādur [cʾtwl] sheet, veil (CPD 21); NP čādar a tent; mantle, veil etc. (Steingass 383 f.); the second element is the OIr. suffix *-pāna-, MP, NP -wān / -bān -keeper, -guard (CPD 17; Salemann 1895, 283; see § 9.3.2, above). As regards the rendering of Ir. /č/ with Syr. š see § 11.3.4. — Cf. Talm. Aram. ṣdrʾ veil (Shaked 1994, 108; Telegdi 254, 121, who, however, does not compare Syr. šdrwn); Md. šādarwān carpet of different colours and designs, curtain of the same kind; possibly fountains (Drower – Macuch 1963, 439; the meaning "fountains" seems to state a homonymic confluence with MP šādurwān basin, pond, fountain, CPD 78). According to Widengren (1960, 101), Md. šādarwān "Vorhang; Sonnensegel; Teppich" is a loanword from Parth. *šādarwān (corresponding to NP šādurvān, šādurbān), and it could be a compound, whose second element -arwān would favour the hypothesis of the Parthian origin, “da arvān eben die mparth. Form ist”. This hypothesis does not seem acceptable: the Ir. compound from which the Syr. form was borrowed cannot contain the unknown suffix -arwān ● AM 2, 589, 9 ◆ LS 759a; Fraenkel 1903, 90