ܙܢܳܐ znʾ znā 1. sort, kind, way (cf. ܕ ܐܒܙܢܐ); 2. habits; 3. plur. customs; 4. ܙܢܲܝ ܩܪܵܒܵܐ znay qrāḇā apparatus of war; 5. quality (ποιότης); 6. way of speaking, form, mood; 7. (gramm.) mood
Derivatives: ܙܢܵܢܵܝܵܐ znnyʾ znānāyā 1. different; 2. of various kinds; 3. qualifying; ܙܢܵܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ znnywtʾ znānāyūṯā 1. difference; 2. quality
OP *zana- (Median, according to Hinz 1975, 276); cf. OP vispa-zana- containing all kinds of men; cf. Av. zana- in sruuō.zana- of the horned species (AirWb 1650); cf. MP zanag (Parth.) [znk] kind, sort (Nyberg 229); ManMP and ManParth. zng /zanag/ id. (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 384); Arm. LW zan (Hübschmann AG 148, no. 222) and zanazan different. — Off. Aram. zn (← OP; Cowley 1923, 17:3; Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15); Talm. Aram. znʾ kind (Telegdi 242, 69); Md. zʾn zan (← MIr. *zan, according to Widengren 1960, 104) ● znʾ sort, kind, way ES 2, 175A; KwDW 333, 6; ET 15, 17; habits Bh ce 2, 621apu; customs J St 16, 20; Cyr2 64, 1; Jšdd 101, 8; Bh chr 96, 25; apparatus of war MiS 677a 13; quality AS 4, 9, 24; ET 25, 10; gl herm s.v. ܐܲܝܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ aynāyūṯā Bh gr 1, 46, 13; 82, 6 and 15; 171, 18; way of speaking, form, mood Bh gr 1, 16, 19 and 120, 20; 2, 8, 2; ES 10, 8; 30, 11 and 13; kind of preposition Bh gr 1, 90, 11; znnyʾ different Bh chr 230, 21; ad Js 1, 6; ce 1, 383, 13; Bh LSt 87, 10; of various kinds Bh gr 1, 160, 12; 161, 6; qualifying Bh gr 1, 5, 22 sq.; znnywtʾ difference Bab 186, 31; quality INB 90, 19 ◆ LS 200b; PS Comp. 118