ܐܓܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Originally the plural form from Aramaic אֵגָּרָא (ʾeggārā, roof), from Akkadian 𒂍𒋞 (igārum, wall), from Sumerian 𒂍𒋞 (e₂-gar₈ /⁠egar⁠/, wall); also borrowed into Arabic إِجَّار (ʔijjār) from Aramaic.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɡaːreː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ɡaːreː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃaːreː]

Noun

ܐ݇ܓܵܪܹܐ • (gārē) m sg (plural ܐ݇ܓܵܪ̈ܵܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (gārāwāṯē))

  1. (architecture) roof, rooftop
    ܣܵܒ݂ܲܢ̈ ܟܹܐ ܬܲܢܝܼ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܠܲܢ ܕܟܹܐ ܕܵܡܟ݂ܝܼ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܥܲܠ ܐ݇ܓܵܪ̈ܵܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܒܠܲܝ̈ܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܕܩܲܝܛܵܐ.
    sāḇan kē tanī wā lan d-kē dāmḵī wā ˁal gārāwāṯē b-laylāwāṯē d-qayṭā.
    Our grandparents used to tell us that they used to sleep on the rooftops on summer nights.
Inflection
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Root
ܐ ܓ ܪ (ˀ g r)
1 term

From Aramaic אַגְרָא (ʾaḡrā); cognate to Arabic أَجْر (ʔajr).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔaɣ.rɑː]

Noun

ܐܲܓ݂ܪܵܐ • (aḡrā) m sg (plural ܐܲܓ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (aḡrē))

  1. pay, wage, hire
  2. fee, price; fare, payment
  3. reward
Inflection

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Developed from Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡂𐡓𐡀 (ʾgrʾ /⁠*ʾeggārā⁠/, wall), from Akkadian 𒂍𒋞 (igārum, wall), from Sumerian 𒂍𒋞 (e₂-gar₈ /⁠egar⁠/, wall).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛɡɡɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛɡɡɑre] (plural)

Noun

ܐܓܪܐ • (ʾeggārā) m (plural ܐܓܪܐ (ʾeggārē))

  1. roof, rooftop
Inflection
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • ܒܪ ܐܓܪܐ (bar ʾeggārā)
Descendants
  • Arabic: إِجَّار (ʔijjār, roof), إِنْجَار (ʔinjār), إِجَّارَة (ʔijjāra)
    • Sicilian: anzara, anźara, anzaru, azzaru, aźara (roof)
See also

Etymology 2

From the root ܐ-ܓ-ܪ (ʾ-ɡ-r) related to hiring. Compare Arabic أَجْر (ʔajr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔaɣrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔaɣre] (plural)

Noun

ܐܓܪܐ • (ʾaḡrā) m (plural ܐܓܪܐ (ʾaḡrē))

  1. pay, wage, hire
  2. fee, price; fare, payment
  3. reward
Inflection
Synonyms

References

  • ˀgr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-11
  • ˀgr2”, 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 3a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 3b
  • 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 8b
  • “egar [WALL]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, University of Pennsylvania, 2006

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