ܓܒܪܐ

From Aramaic גַּבְרָא‎ (gaḇrā), from Proto-West Semitic *gabr-; compare Arabic جَبْر‎ (jabr) and Hebrew גֶּבֶר‎ (géver). Doublet of ܓܘܼܪܵܐ‎ (gūrā, “large”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ɡo.rɑː]
• (Nineveh Plans) IPA^(key): [ɡoːrˤɑː]
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [ɡaw.rɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒav.rɑː]

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1. man (adult human male)

   ‏ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܚܲܟܝܼܡܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܥܘܼܬܪܹܗ.‎‎ ― gaḇrā ḥakīmā ìwā ˁam ˁūtrēh. ― He was a wise man with his wealth.

2. husband (male spouse)

   ‏ܟܹܐ ܦܵܠܚܹܢ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܕܫܲܡܝܼܪܵܡ.‎‎ ― kē pālḥēn wā ˁam gaḇrā dšamīrām. ― I used to work with Shamiram's husband.

The plural ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ‎ (gūḇrē) is used for the sense of men while the plural ܓܘܼܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ‎ (gūḇrānē) is used for the sense of husbands.

• (gender, marital status): ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ‎ (baḵtā)
• (age): ܝܵܠܵܕ݇ܐ‎ (yālā)

Active noun of the verb ܓܵܒ݂ܹܪ‎ (gāḇēr, “to get married”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ɡavvaːraː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ɡawaːra]

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1. one who marries, about to marry, set to marry

• “ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, accessed 2022-10-11

From the root ܓ-ܒ-ܪ‎ (ɡ-b-r) related to being strong. From Proto-West Semitic *gabr-; compare Aramaic גַּבְרָא‎ (gaḇrā, “man”).

• IPA^(key): [ɡavrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡavre] (plural)

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1. man, husband
2. person, someone

• → Proto-Kurdish: (“big; chief; elder, senior; grown-up, adult; venerable”)[1]

  • Central Kurdish: گەورە‎ (gewre)

    Southern Kurdish: گەورە‎ (gewre), گەورا‎ (gewra)

• → Middle Persian:

  • Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (GBRA /⁠*garbā; mard⁠/)

    • Persian: گبر‎ (gabr) (see there for further descendants)

• ܐܢܫܐ‎
• ܓܢܒܪܐ‎

• “gbr”, 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 41b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 59b
• 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 202a-b