Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From *ܓܢܙܒܪܐ (genzaḇrā), from Old Persian *ganzabarah, from Old Median *ganǰabarah.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɡezavrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡezavre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܓܙܒܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܙܒܪܐ)

  1. treasurer, steward

Inflection edit

References edit

  • gzbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-03
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 46a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 67a
  • 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, pp. 223b-224a
  • Matthew W. Stolper, "Ganzabara", Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 2000, retrieved July 23, 2013.