ܙܰܓܳܐ zgʾ zaggā 1. bell; 2. mortar
Derivatives: ܙܲܓܘܿܢܵܐ zgwnʾ zaggōnā, plur. zaggōnē little bell; ܙܲܓܘܿܢܝܵܬܵܐ zgwnytʾ zaggōnyāṯā little bell; ܙܲܓܵܝܵܐ zgyʾ zaggāyā adorned with bells; ܙܲܓܙܘܼܓܵܐ zgzwgʾ zaḡzūḡā little bell; ܙܲܓ zg zaḡ 1. to tingle, tinkle (of ear); 2. to cry; ܐܵܓܵܓܙܲ zggʾ zgāḡā tinkle (of ears); ܐܵܬܓܵܓܙܲ zggtʾ zgāḡtā, ܙܓܝܼܓܘܼܬܵܐ zgygwtʾ zgigūṯā deafness; Af. to make tinkle, resound
OIr. *zanga-; cf. Av. zaṇga-, zəṇga- malleoli, of the feet (AirWb 1660; Mayrhofer EWA 1, 564); MP zang [zng] ankle, shank (CPD 98; Nyberg 229); Oss. zæng, zængæ leg, shank, ankle; NP zang (Steingass 626, among various meanings, lists "bell, a clapping of the hands"); Arm. LW zangak little bell (Hübschmann AG 149, no. 223). — Talm. Aram. zgʾ little bell (Telegdi 242, 64); Md. zʾngʾ zangā id. (Nöldeke MG 141; Widengren 1960, 105). Widengren and Telegdi refer to NP zang, but the model of the loanword must be much older than NP. The semantic aspect is not completely clear: perhaps we must assume some formal and semantic contamination with Syr. ṣngʾ cymbal ← MP čang (see s.v.). The meaning "mortar" seems to occur only in Duv B 2, 35, 14 and 15 ● zgʾ bell Ex 28, 33; 2Par 34, 4; ES 1, 230C; JS in MS 1, 84, 273; PsC 262, 14; mortar Duv B 2, 35, 14 and 15; zgwnʾ Chr R; Bh ce 1, 115, 18; zgwnytʾ Bh chr 139, 25; MiS 157a 36; Bh chr 205, 3; zgyʾ Bab 304, 29; zgzwgʾ Bh gr 1, 65, 13; zg to tingle, tinkle (of ear) AS 2, 62, 23; Bh Eth 250, 13; to cry BB 675, 1; zggʾ Med 31, 13; BA 3421; BB 675, 3; zggtʾ, zgygwtʾ BB 675, 4; Af. Bh gr 1, 96, 18 ◆ LS 188a; Lagarde 41, 103; PS Comp. 106