ܚܒܪܐ

From Aramaic חַבְרָא (ḥaḇrā); related to Hebrew חָבֵר (khavér).

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ܚܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ • (ḥaḇrā) m (plural ܚܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (ḥaḇrē) or ܚܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥaḇrawwāṯā) or ܚܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (ḥaḇrānē), feminine ܚܒ݂ܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥḇarṯā))

1. friend

   ܡܒܘܼܫܸܠ ܠܝܼ ܐ݇ܟ݂ܵܠ݇ܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܚܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ ܐܸܕܠܹܝܠ. ― mbūšil lī ḵāramšā qā ḥaḇrawwāṯī idlēl. ― I cooked dinner for my friends tonight.

2. boyfriend (male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship)

   ܐܵܢܵܐ ܘܚܲܒ݂ܪܝܼ ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܲܢ ܠܒܹܝܬ݂ ܚܸܙܘܵܢܹ̈ܐ. ― ānā w-ḥaḇrī zīl lan l-bēṯ ḥizwānē. ― My boyfriend and I went to the theatre.

3. fellow, associate, companion, comrade

When used in the possessive by females, the meaning is “boyfriend,” so a loanword or the native ܪܵܚܡܵܐ (rāḥmā) is used instead when communicating “friend.”

• (friend): ܪܵܚܡܵܐ (rāḥmā), ܝܲܕܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (yadīḏā), ܕܲܘܣܬ (dawst)

• ܚܲܒ݂ܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥaḇrūṯā, “friendship”)

From Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).

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ܚܲܒܪܵܐ • (ḥabrā) m (plural ܚܲܒܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (ḥabrānē))

1. (dialectal) word, lyric

   Synonyms: ܡܸܠܬ݂ܵܐ (milṯā), ܬܲܢܲܝܬܵܐ (tannaytā), ܗܹܡܸܙܡܵܢ (hēmizmān)

   ܠܵܐ ܡܗܲܝܡܢܸܬ ܠܚܲܒܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ ܕܫܡܝܼܥ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ― lā mhaymnit l-ḥabrānē d-šmīˁ lūḵ ― Do not believe the words that you have heard.

   ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܝܵܕ݂ܥܹܢ ܚܲܒܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ ܕܗ̇ܝ ܙܡܵܪܬܵܐ ― lā kē yāḏˁēn ḥabrānē d-aya zmārtā ― I do not know the lyrics of this song.

2. (dialectal) report, message

   Synonym: ܛܸܒܵܐ (ṭibbā)

3. experience

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ܚܲܒܵܪܵܐ • (ḥabbārā) m (plural ܚܲܒܵܪܹ̈ܐ (ḥabbārē), feminine ܚܲܒܵܪܬܵܐ (ḥabbārtā))

1. conjurer
2. charmer, enchanter
3. exorcist

From the root ܚ-ܒ-ܪ (ḥ-b-r) related to companionship. Compare Hebrew חָבֵר (ḥāḇḗr).

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ܚܒܪܐ • (ḥaḇrā) m (plural ܚܒܪܐ (ḥaḇrē), singular feminine counterpart ܚܒܪܬܐ (ḥḇarṯā))

1. friend, companion, mate, comrade
2. neighbor/neighbour, fellow, peer
3. equivalent, equal
4. alternate, other, another

From the root ܚ-ܒ-ܪ (ḥ-b-r) related to fixing the eyes.

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ܚܒܪܐ • (ḥabbārā) m (plural ܚܒܪܐ (ḥabbārē))

1. conjurer
2. charmer, enchanter
3. exorcist

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ܚܒܪܐ • (ḥabbārā) m (plural ܚܒܪܐ (ḥabbārē))

1. darkness
2. hole, deep pit, abyss
3. (figuratively) pitfall

from the root ܚ-ܒ-ܪ (ḥ-b-r) related to darkness.

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ܚܒܪܐ • (ḥeḇrā) m(uncountable)

1. ink

• ܕܝܘܬܐ (dyōṯā)

• → Arabic: حِبْر (ḥibr)

• “ḥbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ḥbr⁵”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ḥbr⁶”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ḥbr⁷”, 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 95a, b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 125a, 625a
• 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 410a