ܓܙܐ

From the earlier uncontracted form ܓܢܙܐ (ganzā), from Old Persian (*ganza-). Compare Persian گنج (ganj), Old Armenian գանձ (ganj), Hebrew גֵּנֶז (gḗnez), Ancient Greek γάζα (gáza), and Latin gaza.

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ܓܙܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܙܐ)

1. treasure, treasury

   Synonym: ܐܘܨܪܐ

2. (figuratively, Christianity) Eucharist

   Synonyms: ܩܘܪܒܢܐ, ܓܡܘܪܬܐ, ܦܪܝܣܬܐ, ܬܘܕܝܬܐ, ܩܘܕܫܐ, ܒܘܟܪܐ, ܦܓܪܐ, ܩܘܪܒܐ

• ܓܢܙܐ (Uncontracted form)
• ܓܐܙܐ

From the root ܓ-ܙ-ܙ (ɡ-z-z) related to shearing. Compare Arabic جَزّ (jazz) and Hebrew גֵּז (gēz).

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ܓܙܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܙܐ)

1. mowing, shearing

• ܓܙܬܐ

From the root ܓ-ܙ-ܙ (ɡ-z-z) related to shearing. Compare Arabic جَزَّاز (jazzāz) and Hebrew גַּזָּז (gazzāz).

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ܓܙܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܙܐ)

1. mower, shearer (especially of wool)

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ܓܙܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܓܙܬܐ

Compare Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza) and Arabic غَزَّة (ḡazza).

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ܓܙܐ • (transliteration needed) f

1. Gaza

• ܥܐܙܐ

• “gnz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “gz”, 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, pp. 45b-46a, 406a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 67a
• 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, p. 223b