ܙܰܗܪܳܐ zhrʾ zahrā poison
Derivative: ܙܲܗܪܵܢܵܐ zhrnʾ zahrānā poisoned
MP zahr [zʾhl] poison, venom (CPD 97), ManMP zhr /zahr/ id. (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 382); NP zahr poison, venom (Steingass 630); ManParth. jhr /ahr/ poison (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 198); Arm. LW ahr poison (Hübschmann AG 156, no. 254); OIr. *jaθra- means for killing; from the Indo-Ir. verbal root *jhan- > Av. ǰan-, gan- (AirWb 490); OInd. han-; IE *gwhen- to kill, smite, slay. MP zahr is a northwestern form because of -hr-; on the Ir. word see also Hübschmann 1895, 71. — Talm. Aram. zyhrʾ poison, venom (Telegdi 242, 65); Md. zyhyrʾ zeherā (← MIr. or MP zahr, according to Widengren 1960, 106) ● zhrʾ KwD 68, 15; Théod 468 n 82; EN 43, 90; BB 677, 8; zhrnʾ Métr 56, 8 ◆ LS 190b; Lagarde GA 41, 105; Nöldeke SBWA 126, 423; PS Suppl. 107