ܙܡܳܝܬܳܐ zmytʾ zmāytā hoar-frost
This Syr. loanword is morphologically adapted through a Syriac suffix, and was probably borrowed from MP zam [zm] winter (CPD 97); cf. Av. ziiam- zəm- (AirWb 1699 f.; Nyberg 57, s.v. damistān); in MP two dialectal variants are attested, damestān and zamestān winter; cf. ManMP dmystʾn /damestān/ winter (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 138; CPD 98); ManParth. zmg /zamag/ winter (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 382; Henning 1937a, 90); NP zam cold; biting wind (Steingass 620; Horn 147) ● am 3, 366, 16; Kays 237, 6; Bh ad Job 38, 29; BA 3521; BB 692, 4 ◆ LS 199b; Müller 1894, 364; PS Suppl. 112