ܙܰܝܢܳܐ zynʾ zaynā arms, weapons
Verbal derivatives: Pa. to arm; Etpa. to arm himself, to be armed
OP *zaina- (Median, according to Hinz 1975, 276; cf. Elam. za-a-na, and Gr. Σινιπάτης ← OP *zainapati-), Av. zaēna-; MP zēn [zyn'] weapon, armour (CPD 99; Nyberg 231); ManMP and ManParth. zyn, zyyn /zēn/ weapon, sword, armour, arms (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 386 f.); Arm. LW zēn (Hübschmann AG 151, no. 233). — Talm. Aram. zyn, zyynʾ armure (Telegdi 242, 66); Md. zaina (according to Widengren 1960, 104, both the Md. and the Arm. forms were borrowed from Parth. zēn). The verbal derivatives appear, as well as in Syr., also in Talm. Aram.: see § 9.2 and s.v. byt zynʾ ● zynʾ Ezr 4, 11; Job 10, 17; ψ 35, 2; ER 29, 8; J St 9, 7; IA 2, 278 v 798; JS in asd 89, 3; AM 1, 145, 22 (also PsC 147, 10); Pa. Gn 14, 14; Nm 31, 3; 2Mcc 15, 11; dap 92, 11; JS in ER 397, 24; met. (tongue) SE 169, 5; Etpa. ES 1, 545A; JS in asd 89, 20; in ER 397, 13 ◆ LS 195a; Lagarde GA 43, 110