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zrnwq, zrnwqˀ (zurnuq, zurnū/əqā) n.m. water bag; irrigation device
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skin bag for liquids
JLAtg, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Jud4:19 var.↗ פתַחַת יָת נוֹדָא"זיקא"זרנוקא" דְחָלָבָא‏ : she opened the bag of milk † ; BT BB 58a(34)↗ זרנוקא קאמרה‏ : she said: "A water bucket (made from the animal's hide)" ; TgPs119:83↗ הויתי היך זרנוקא דתלי בקטרא‏ : I was like a bag hanging from a knot
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an irrigation device or its hose section
Syr, JBA, Man
JnNhel 102(12)↗ ܙܪܢܘܩܐ ܕܕܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܡܝ̈ܐ ܡܢ ܕܩܠܬ ܢܗܪܐ‏ : an irrigation device that would draw water from the Tigris river ; BT BB 167a(31)↗ קם אזרנוקא וחתם‏ : he stood on the irrigation device (to imitate trembling) and signed ; GY 218:7↗ damia lzarnuqa udaula ḏmalia umašqia mia lhabrẖ
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euph. : penis
JBAg, Man
DGbooklet 1b:2↗ ניזקוף זרנוקיה ונידלי דוליה‏
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< Akk. zuruqqu ( CAD Z p. 167) > Arabic zurnūq. The JLA var. is almost certainly a late intrusion from JBA. See AIOA p. 114 and ALIS pp. 273f.
The entire irrigation device seems to have consisted of both the dwl, dwlˀ n.m. "bucket" and this hose section.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 399[]DJBA: 421aJastrow: 414Drower/Macuch: 161aLevy Ch-W: 1:231Audo: 1:295BarBahlul: 542:21

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