ܓܒܪܐ

From Aramaic גַּבְרָא (gaḇrā), from Proto-West Semitic *gabr-; compare Arabic جَبْر (jabr) and Hebrew גֶּבֶר (géver). Doublet of ܓܘܼܪܵܐ (gūrā, “large”).

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ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ • (gaḇrā) m (plural ܓܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (gaḇrē) or ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (guḇrē) or ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (guḇrānē) or ܓܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (gaḇrānē), feminine ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ (baḵtā))

1. man (adult human male)

   ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܚܲܟܝܼܡܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܥܘܼܬܪܹܗ. ― gaḇrā ḥakīmā ìwā ˁam ˁutrēh. ― He was a wise man with his wealth.

2. husband (male spouse)

   ܟܹܐ ܦܵܠܚܹܢ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܕܫܲܡܝܼܪܵܡ. ― kē pālḥēn wā ˁam gaḇrā dšamīrām. ― I used to work with Shamiram's husband.

• The plural ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (guḇrē) is used for the sense of men while the plural ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (guḇrānē) is used for the sense of husbands. The plural ܓܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (gaḇrānē) is pejorative.
• It is traditionally disrespectful and immodest for a wife to refer to her husband with this word, instead, she will use ܒܲܪ ܚܸܡܝܵܢ̈ܝܼ (bar ḥimyānī, literally “the son of my parents-in-law”).

• (gender, marital status): ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ (baḵtā)
• (age): ܝܵܠܵܕ݇ܐ (yālā)

Active noun of the verb ܓܵܒ݂ܹܪ (gāḇēr, “to get married”).

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ܓܲܒ݂ܵܪܵܐ • (gaḇārā) m (plural ܓܲܒ݂ܵܪܹ̈ܐ (gaḇārē), feminine ܓܲܒ݂ܵܪܬܵܐ (gaḇārtā))

1. one who marries, about to marry, set to marry

• “ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2022 October 11 (last accessed)

From the root ܓ-ܒ-ܪ (ɡ-b-r) related to being strong. From Proto-West Semitic *gabr-; compare Aramaic גַּבְרָא (gaḇrā, “man”).

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ܓܒܪܐ • (gaḇrā) m (plural ܓܒܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܢܬܬܐ)

1. man, husband
2. person, someone

• → Proto-Kurdish: (“big; chief; elder, senior; grown-up, adult; venerable”)^[1]

  • Central Kurdish: گەورە (gewre)

    Southern Kurdish: گەورە (gewre), گەورا (gewra)

• → Middle Persian:

  • Book Pahlavi script: (GBRA /⁠*garbā; mard⁠/)

    • Persian: گبر (gabr) (see there for further descendants)

• ܐܢܫܐ
• ܓܢܒܪܐ

• “gbr”, 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 41b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 59b
• 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 202a-b