ܐܓܪܐ

Originally the plural form from Aramaic אֵגָּרָא (ʾeggārā, “roof”), from Akkadian 𒂍𒋞 (igārum, “wall”), from Sumerian 𒂍𒋞 (e₂-gar₈ /⁠egar⁠/, “wall”); also borrowed into Arabic إِجَّار (ʔijjār) from Aramaic.

• ܓܵܪܹܐ (gārē)

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ܐ݇ܓܵܪܹܐ • (gārē) m sg (plural ܐ݇ܓܵܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (gārawwāṯā))

1. (architecture) roof, rooftop

   ܣܵܒ݂ܲܢ̈ ܟܹܐ ܡܬܲܢܝܼ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܠܲܢ ܕܟܹܐ ܕܵܡܟ݂ܝܼ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܥܲܠ ܐ݇ܓܵܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܠܲܝ̈ܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܩܲܝܛܵܐ.

   sāḇan kē mtanī wā lan d-kē dāmḵī wā ˁal gārawwāṯā blaylāwāṯā dqayṭā.

   Our grandparents used to tell us that they used to sleep on the rooftops on summer nights.

• ܐ݇ܓܵܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (gārīṯā, “small roof”)

• ܬܲܛܠܝܼܠܵܐ (taṭlīlā, “ceiling”)

From Aramaic אַגְרָא (ʾaḡrā); cognate to Arabic أَجْر (ʔajr).

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ܐܲܓ݂ܪܵܐ • (aḡrā) m sg (plural ܐܲܓ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (aḡrē))

1. pay, wage, hire
2. fee, price; fare, payment
3. reward

Developed from Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡂𐡓𐡀 (ʾgrʾ /⁠*ʾeggārā⁠/, “wall”), from Akkadian 𒂍𒋞 (igārum, “wall”), from Sumerian 𒂍𒋞 (e₂-gar₈ /⁠egar⁠/, “wall”).

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ܐܓܪܐ • (ʾeggārā) m (plural ܐܓܪܐ (ʾeggārē))

1. roof, rooftop

• ܡܛܠܠܐ (maṭləlā)

• ܒܪ ܐܓܪܐ (bar ʾeggārā)

• → Arabic: إِجَّار (ʔijjār, “roof”), إِنْجَار (ʔinjār), إِجَّارَة (ʔijjāra)
  • → Sicilian: anzara, anźara, anzaru, azzaru, aźara (“roof”)

• ܬܛܠܝܠܐ (taṭlīlā)

Compare Arabic أَجْر (ʔajr).

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ܐܓܪܐ • (ʾaḡrā) m (plural ܐܓܪܐ (ʾaḡrē))

1. pay, wage, hire
2. fee, price; fare, payment
3. reward

• (price): ܕܡܝܐ (dǝmayyā)

• “ˀgr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-11
• “ˀgr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 3a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 3b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 8b
• “egar ”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎, University of Pennsylvania, 2006

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