The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

zn, znˀ (zen, znā) n.m. kind, type

Syr. pl. ܙܢ̈ܲܝܵܐ

1 kind, type OfA^Per, Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, Sam, JBA, Man, LJLA. 4Q539 2..3 : ٠٠٠ ]ז֗מנין ב֗זני sometimes with kinds of .... TgO Gen1:11 : אִילָן פֵירִין עָבֵיד פֵירִין לִזנֵיה a fruit tree that makes fruit according to its kind. BT Ber 32a(17) : מלא כרסי זני בישי his stomach is full of bad sorts of things. (a) quality Syr. (b) a type of proposition Syr. BHde Plantis 113:431 : ܗܿܠܝܢ ܡܿܢ ܒܙܢܐ ܕܝܗܘܒܘܬ ܩܢ̈ܘܢܐ ܟ̈ܠܢܝܐ ܣܦ̈ܩܢ these are sufficient for a kind of providing of general rules.

2 weapon, implement [see s.v. zyn] OfA^Eg, Syr. (a) זני זמרא : musical instruments BA^Dan, BabMBK. Dan3:7 : כֹל זְנֵי זְמָרָא all the types of musical instruments.

3 mode, reason, way Syr. KwD(¹) 2:11 : ܐܙܠ ܘܪܟܒܗ ܠܩܝܣܐ ܒܗ ܒܙܢܐ he went and climbed on the board in the same way. (a) habit Syr. JoshStyl 16.20 : ܝܠܼܦ ܥܠ ܙܢܘ̈ܗܝ ܒܝ̈ܫܐ he learned about his wicked ways. (b) customs Syr.

Iranian; see Hinz AISN 276.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 387[200]; DJPA: 179b; DJBA: 417a; Jastrow: 405; Drower/Macuch: 159b, 169b; Payne-Smith: ~1138; J. Payne-Smith: 118; Levy Ch-W: 1:225; Tal Sam: 234; DNWSI: 333;

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Derivatives:

ˀkzn, ˀkznˀ (ˀak̠zan, ˀak̠znā) conj. just as

znny (znānāy) adj. diverse; special

znnyw, znnywtˀ (znānāyū, znānāyūṯā) n.f. diversity