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--- Padraic Brown <elemtilas@hidden.email> wrote: >> > > There is also a cantor in the Eastern > > > churches I've been to, who like the chazan is > the one > > > who leads the congregation in singing. > > > > Oh, I like that idea. I think the Donatists > > will borrow it. Now what will they call this > > position . . > > Well, Yitzik gave the (presumably) Hebrew title > "chazan". Is there a Punic cousin to that word? > In Greek, he seems to be called "psaltis" > (undoubtedly related to psalm, psalter and the > like). > > Padraic. > > > Adam Yes, chazan is the Hebrew term. Punic was very closely related to Hebrew, and not a lot survives (though there is a lot more that I first thought). If Punic had this word it would likely have been the same root chzn(?) and would produce something like caza/cheza/cazanu depending on how and which vowels are inserted. The Greek term might be nice giving the connection with the book of Psalms. But I haven't decided how to deal with learned or semi-learned borrowings from Gk. with initial PS yet. C-a does seem to keep a lot of Greek terms for Christian ideas in Donatist usage vs. Latin terms on the Catholic side. Adam Adam Jin xividjilud djal su�u ed falud ul Jozevu pomu instanchid ul andjelu djul Dominu sivi, ed idavi achibid jun al su sposa. Ed nun aved cu�uxud ad sivi ancha nadud jan ad ul sua huiju primodjindu ed cuamad il su numi ul Jezu. Machu 1:24-25