ܓܢܬܐ

From Aramaic גַנְתָא (gannəṯā); related to Akkadian 𒃶𒈾𒌅 (/⁠gannatu⁠/, “vegetable garden, grove; private garden area”), Arabic جَنَّة (janna), and Hebrew גִּנָּה (ginná).

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ܓܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ • (ganṯā) f sg (plural ܓܲܢܹ̈ܐ (gannē))

1. garden (piece of ground appropriated for the cultivation of fruits, herbs, flowers and vegetables)

   ܒܩܲܝܛܵܐ، ܟܹܐ ܡܛܲܝܠܲܚ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܓܵܘ ܓܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܨܲܦܪܵܐ ܘܓܵܘ ܡܲܚܣܝܵܐ ܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ.

   bqayṭā, kē mṭaylaḥ wā gāw ganṯā b-ṣaprā w-gāw maḥsyā b-ramšā.

   In the summer, we used to play in the garden in the morning and the pool in the evening.

   • John 19:41:

     ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܓܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܗ̇ܝ ܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܦܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܙܩܝܼܦܵܐ. ܘܓܵܘ ܕܗ̇ܝ ܓܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܩܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ ܕܗܸܫ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܡܘܼܬܒ݂ܵܐ ܓܵܘܹܗ.

     īṯ wā ganṯā b-ay dukṯā d-īšōˁ pīšā ìwā zqīpā. w-gāw d-aya ganṯā īṯ wā qaḇrā ḥadtā d-hiš nāšā lē ìwā mutḇā gāwēh.

     Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden. And in this garden there was a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

2. park (large public garden or area of land used for recreation)

   Synonym: ܦܲܪܟܵܐ (parkā)

• ܓܲܢܘܿܣܬܵܐ (ganōstā, “small garden”)
• ܓܲܢܵܢܵܐ (gannānā, “gardener, horticulturist”)
• ܒܲܕ݂ܡܘܼܬ݂ ܓܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ (baḏmūṯ ganṯā, “parklike”)
• ܢܵܛܲܪ ܓܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ (nāṭar ganṯā, “park-keeper, ranger”)
• ܓܲܢܲܬ݂ ܚܲܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (gannaṯ ḥaywāṯē, “zoo, zoological garden”)

• ܕܵܪܬܵܐ (dārtā, “yard”)

From the root ܓ-ܢ-ܢ (ɡ-n-n), originally meaning to protect or keep hidden, the lying down sense developing from reclining in gardens. Compare Akkadian 𒃶a𒈾𒌅 (/⁠gannatu⁠/, “vegetable garden, grove; private garden area”), Arabic جَنَّة (janna), and Hebrew גִּנָּה (ginnâ).

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ܓܢܬܐ • (gannəṯā) f (plural ܓܐܢܐܣ or ܓܢܐܣ or ܓܢܣ or ܓܢܢܐ or ܓܢܐ)

1. garden, park

• ܓܢܘܣܬܐ

• “gnh”, 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 50a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 75a
• 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 250a

From Aramaic גַנְתָא (gannəṯā), from the root ܓ-ܢ-ܢ (ɡ-n-n)

• IPA^(key): /ɡanθo/ (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): /ɡanθe/ (in the plural)

ܓܰܢܬ݂ܳܐ • (ganṯo) m (plural ܓܰܢ̈ܳܬ݂ܶܐ (ganoṯe))

1. garden
2. park

• ܓܰܢܬ݂ܳܐ ܕܰܚ ܚܱܝܶܘܷܢ (ganṯo daḥ ḥäyewën, “zoo”)