ܣܰܦܣܶܪܳܐ [?] spsyrʾ sap̄serā sword, blade
ManParth. sfsyr /safsēr/ sword (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 306; Henning 1933, 220.5–8); MP šafšēr [špšyl] sword (CPD 78; Nyberg 186: šifšer a double-edged axe); ManMP šfšyr, š(y)pšyr /šafšēr/, /šefšēr/ sword (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 315; Henning 1937a, 88); MP šamšēr [šmšyl] id. (CPD 79; Nyberg 184); NP šamšēr, šimšīr a sword, scimitar, sabre (Steingass 760); Gr. σαμψήρα (Josephus Flavius Ant. Iud. 20, 2, 3; Suidas: σαμψῆραι: σπάθαι βαρβαρικαί); Arm. LW suser (← Parth.), šimšir (late loanword from MP: Bolognesi 1960, 59; cf. Hübschmann AG 316, no. 109). — JBA špšyrʾ sword (Shaked 1987, 261); Arab. LW sifsīr middleman; cf. It. scimitarra? Nöldeke 1989 § 88 considers the Syr. form to be a loanword from Gr. σαμψήρα, in its turn borrowed from Persian ● Dt 33, 29; ψ 35, 3; Afr 215, 12; ES 1, 295F; IA 2, 226, 100; AS 3, 46, 8 ◆ LS 491b; Lagarde GA 72, 183; Nöldeke LZ Bl 1983 p. 79; PS Comp. 386