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zyn, zynˀ (zyān, zyānā) n.m. loss
1
financial loss
OfAPer, OfAEast, JBA, JBAg
TAD A6.15 .8↗ מה זי לקחת זיני תשלם ותשתאל על זנה‏ : you shall repay whatever of my loss you have taken and shall be held responsible for it † ; ADAB B.5:R:7↗ zy]ˀ̇nh bdglˀ lˀ yhẇḣ : there should be no loss to the regiment ; BT Men 77a(28)↗ כי היכי {כי} דלא לימטייה רווחא זיינא זיינא היא דלא למטייה רווחא לא בעי‏ : so that his profit should not turn into a loss for him. Is (the purpose of the law) that he should not incur a loss? Does he not need (to make) a profit? ; SSSad 188:8↗ כל זיאנא וחוסרנ^א^ דימטי עלהן מזביני אילין מחמתי‏ : all loss and diminishment that may occur to them from these goods on my account ; SSSad 207:8↗ ליכא עליה מן זיאנא אילא תולתא‏ : he is only liable for a third of the loss
2
physical injury, defect, harm
Syr, Man, LJLA
HSBowl 3039:6 ܘܙܝ‍{‍ܚ‍}‍‍<‍ܐ‍>‍ܢܐ̈ ܘܚܘܣܪܢܐ̈ ܘܬܘܟ̈ܐ ܘܡܝܣܟܝܢܘܬܐ‏ : defects, lacks, damages, and poverty ; SyrIncBowl 6.12↗ ܘܡܒܟܠܬܐ ܘܙܝܢܐ̈ ܘܚܘܣܪܢܐ̈‏ : tormenter and injuries and losses ; AM 248:19↗ ariauata ništalhmun uzaina nibdun šnia tartin : lions will be a menace and do harm for two years ; PJ Deut14:7↗ הואיל ולית בזיניה חזי למתקימא‏ : since there is nothing of its defect that is proper to be maintained
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From MPersian zyān ( from zyānī, see ADAB 159).
Audo recognizes both meanings: ܚܘܣܪܢܐ ܘܣܘܓܦܢܐ.
At TAD A6.15 .8 the form zyny may be taken as an absolute of the older Iranian form as found in the Bactrian material; see IAP p. 445.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 407bJastrow: 393Drower/Macuch: 158aPayne-Smith: 1118Levy Ch-W: 1:219DNWSI: 308Audo: 1:271

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