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ZBRǦD زبرجد 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√ZBRǦD 
“root” 
ZBRǦD_1 ‘green jewels, chrysolite, topaz’ ↗zabarǧad 
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zabarǧad زَبَرْجَد 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√ZBRǦD 
n. 
green jewels, cut from chrysolite or peridot – WehrCowan1979. 
▪ From Pers zabarǧad (Rolland2014a). 
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DRS 8 (1999)#ZMRGD: a [ZMRGD], nHbr ʔizmaragd , Syr zamargᵊda, Ar zabarǧad, Gz zamaragd. – b [ZMRD] JP zᵊmōrad, ʔizmīrad, Syr zumrud, Ar zumurrud, Gz zamrud ‘émeraude’. 
DRS 8 (1999)#ZMRGD-a: From Grk smáragdos. »Une autre étymologie propose la dérivation inverse, du Sem au Grk (Akk barraqt-, Hbr baräqät, etc., racine BRQ, v.s., ‘briller’)«. In a similar vein, an origin in Skr marak(a)ta-m ‘emerald’ has been both proposed and contested; »pour Zimmern[1914] […] et aujourd’hui selon Xavier Tremblay (communication personnelle), Skr marak(a)tam est au contraire un emprunt ancien au Sem, de même que Grk smáragdos est un emprunt plus récent, à moins que le Skr ne soit un archaïsme savant fondé sur le prâkrit emprunté au Grk.« 
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