Talmudic Aramaic Fauna Names: Murzema and Shaqiṭna
This article investigates the origin and meaning of the Aramaic fauna names murzema and shaqiṭna, mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud (Tractate Ḥullin, p. 63a). Beginning with Akkadian and Sumerian, the article surveys various roots in Semitic languages, as well as Persian. Various commentaries on th...
| Published in: | Journal of Semitic studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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Journal of Semitic studies
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| Summary: | This article investigates the origin and meaning of the Aramaic fauna names murzema and shaqiṭna, mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud (Tractate Ḥullin, p. 63a). Beginning with Akkadian and Sumerian, the article surveys various roots in Semitic languages, as well as Persian. Various commentaries on the Talmud as well as seveal more contemporary sources indicate that the two birds can both be identified as the Greater Flamingo. The final part of the article concludes that the murzema is indeed the Greater Flamingo, which was called by hunters in Arabic al-mirzam. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgn045 |