Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܓ-ܙ-ܪ (ɡ-z-r) related to cutting off. Compare Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɡɑzartɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡɑzrɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܓܙܪܬܐ (gāzartāf (plural ܓܙܪܬܐ)

  1. (geography) island

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  • gzrh”, 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 46b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 68a
  • 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 227a