ܓܡܠܐ

Occupational noun modified from ܓܘܼܡܠܵܐ (gumlā, “camel”); compare Arabic جَمَّال (jammāl) and Hebrew גַּמָּל (gammál).

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ܓܲܡܵܠܵܐ • (gammālā) m sg (plural ܓܲܡܵܠܹ̈ܐ (gammālē), feminine ܓܲܡܵܠܬܵܐ (gammāltā))

1. cameleer; camel rider or camel driver

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic גַמְלָא (gamlā); compare native form and doublet of ܓܘܼܡܠܵܐ (gumlā, “camel”).

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ܓܲܡܠܵܐ • (gamlā) m (plural ܓܲܡ̈ܠܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (gamlawwāṯā) or ܓܲܡ̈ܠܹܐ (gamlē))

1. (architecture) beam, rafter

   Synonym: ܩܵܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (qārīṯā)

From Proto-Semitic *gamal-.

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ܓܲܡܠܵܐ • (gamlā) c (plural ܓܡܠܘܬܐ or ܓܡܠܢܐ or ܓܡܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܡܠܬܐ)

1. camel, dromedary
2. kind of measure
3. large ant
4. (architecture) beam, rafter

The plural ܓܡܠܘܬܐ (gamlawwāṯā) is used for the sense of "beam", the plural ܓܡܠܢܐ (gamlānē) is used for the sense of "large ant", and the plural ܓܡܠܐ (gamlē) is used for other senses.

Modified from above. Compare Arabic جَمَّال (jammāl) and Hebrew גַּמָּל (gammāl).

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ܓܲܡܵܠܵܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܡܠܐ)

1. cameleer

• “gml”, 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 49b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 72a
• 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 241a

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