ܢܝܓܪ

Internationalism originally a learned borrowing from Classical Syriac.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [niːˈɣar.]

ܢܝܼܓ݂ܲܪ • (nīḡar) m or f

1. Niger (a country in Africa)
2. Niger (a major river in West Africa)
3. (biblical) Simeon Niger
   • Acts 13:1:

     ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܥܹܕܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܢܛܝܘܿܟ݂ܝ ܢܒ݂ܝܼܹ̈ܐ ܘܡܲܠܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ، ܫܸܡܵܢܵܝ̈ܗܝ ܒܲܪܢܒ݂ܵܐ، ܘܫܸܡܥܘܿܢ ܕܦܵܐܹܫ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܩܸܪܝܵܐ ܢܝܼܓ݂ܲܪ، ܘܠܘܼܩܝܼܘܿܣ ܡ̣ܢ ܩܸܘܪܝܼܢܹܐ ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ، ܘܡܵܢܵܐܹܝܠ ܚܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܕܗܹܪܘܿܕܸܣ ܛܸܛܪܲܪܟܵܐ ܡܪ̈ܲܒܝܵܢܘܼܗܝ، ܘܫܵܐܘܿܠ.

     īṯ wā gāw ˁēdtā d-ānṭyōḵ nḇīyē w-malpānē, šimmānāyh barnḇā, w-šimˁōn d-pāˀēš wā qiryā nīḡar, w-lūqīyōs min qiwrīnē mḏītā, w-mānāˀēl ḥaḇrā d-hērōdis ṭiṭrarkā mrabyānūh, w-šāˀōl.

     Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

• The name of the river and the biblical chracter are grammatically masculine, however, the name as a country is grammatically feminine.

• ܢܝܼܓ݂ܪܵܝܵܐ (nīḡrāyā, “Nigerien, pertaining to Niger”)
• ܢܝܼܓ݂ܪܝܼܵܐ (nīḡrīyā, “Nigeria”)