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Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From Akkadian𒁍𒁕(gídda/giṭṭu/, “document or deed written on parchment”), from Sumerian𒁍𒁕(gídda). In other Aramaic dialects, a narrowed sense of "writ of divorce" is attested; compare Hebrewגֵּט(gēṭ). Note also Old Armenianկտակ(ktak, “will, testament; covenant”), borrowed from Aramaic via Iranian.
“gṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
“gṭ2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-26
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 68a
Perikhanian, Anahit (1997) Nina Garsoïan, transl., The Book of a Thousand Judgements: A Sasanian Law-book (Persian Heritage Series; 39), Costa Mesa, California and New York: Mazda Publishers in association with Bibliotheca Persica, page 362
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 228b