Arabic-L:LING:etymology of zalameh

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Date: 04 Apr 2013
From:salem aweiss <salema52 at yahoo.com>
Subject:tymology of zalameh

Greetings
As a verb the meaning carries a negative connotation "e.g., to make a
mistake" and is also used to mean "something meager or scanty, as in a gift"
It is used in several forms with the same meaning     زَلَمَة  َزلْمة
زُلْمة
with the meaning of "exterior appearance" and "looks like a slave' as well
as "man-foot passenger', and 'the one that has the status and appearance of
a slave"
in the Qur'an: the plural is used as: أزلام   meaning "idols'
إنّما الأنصاب والأزلام رجس من عمل الشيطان فاجتنبوه

In addition, it is used to mean "wattle of sheep and goats'

the form "azlam" is used to describe someone having the ear slit and
hanging (I don't know whether this has anything to do with "slaves')

As for the letter "Z" as it appears in Hebrew: the letter is the seventh
letter of the alphabet and in Syriac it means "a weapon" which this letter
resembles in form in all the more ancient alphabets (as a numeral it
denotes 7).
In Arabic there are two letters which answer to this : dh and dz. when this
letter corresponds to the former, it becomes in Aramaen "d", when to "dz"
it is retained as "dz".
also "dh" and "dz" are interchanged amongst themselves.

hope this helps

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