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zng, zngˀ (zang, zangā; znāḡā) n.m. ringing; series
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ringing, sound
Syr
P Ju5:28↗ ܡܢܐ ܗܘ ܐܘܚܪ ܙܢܓܐ ܕܡܪ̈ܟܒܬܗ‏ : how is it that the sound of his chariots is delayed?
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bell
Man
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series, array
Syr
(1)
chorus, order of clergy
Syr
JAR3 5:7 ܒܙܢܵܓܹ̈ܐ ܩܠܹܝܪ̈ܘ݁ܣܵܝܹܐ ܐܬܡܢܝ‏ : he was appointed to the clerical chorus ; ThMarg 1:302:18 ܐܬܡܢܝ ܂܂܂ ܒܲܙܢܵܓ݂ܵܐ ܘܲܦܠܲܓ݁ܐ ܕܟ݂ܘ݂ܡܪ̈ܲܝ ܥܕܬܐ‏ : he was appointed into the chorus and phalanx of the church's priests
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Persian zang. The Syriac vocalization znāḡā preserved by the lexicographers makes little sense. If correct, it should be treated as a separate development of a peal verbal noun, but the finite form is known only from a D stem; otherwise it is just a variant Syriac spelling of zg.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 387[201]Drower/Macuch: 160aJ. Payne-Smith: 118BarBahlul: 694:14

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