ܓܘܪܐ

Possibly Borrowed from Northern Kurdish گەورە (gewre), from Aramaic גַּבְרָא (gaḇrā). Otherwise a derivative of ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (gaḇrā, “man”).

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ܓܘܼܪܵܐ • (gūrā) (feminine ܓܘܼܪܬܵܐ (gurtā), plural ܓܘܼܪܹ̈ܐ (gūrē))

1. (dialectal) great, big, huge, massive

   Synonym: ܪܲܒܵܐ (rabbā)

   Antonym: ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ (zˁōrā)

ܓܘܼܪܵܐ • (gūrā) m (plural ܓܘܼܪܹ̈ܐ (gūrē) or ܓܘܼܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (gūrānē), feminine ܓܘܼܪܬܵܐ (gurtā))

1. (dialectal) elder, leader

   Synonyms: ܪܲܒܵܐ (rabbā), ܪܹܝܫܵܢܵܐ (rēšānā), ܡܵܪܵܐ (mārā)

Compare Arabic جَرَّة (jarra).

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ܓܘܪܐ • (gūrā) m (plural ܓܘܪܐ (gūrē))

1. jug

From the root ܓ ܘ ܪ related to committing adultery. Compare Arabic جَوْر (jawr).

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ܓܘܪܐ • (gawrā) m (plural ܓܘܪܐ (gawrē))

1. adultery

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ܓܘܪܐ • (gawrā) f (plural ܓܘܪܐ (gawrē))

1. (typography) column

This word rarely appears as masculine.

• “gwr⁴”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “gwr³”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “gwr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 129b
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 45b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 66a
• 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, →ISBN, page 220a

From Aramaic גַּבְרָא (gaḇrā).

• IPA^(key): /ɡawro/

ܓܰܘܪܳܐ • (gawro) m

1. man, husband

   Synonym: ܙܠܐܡ (zlām)