Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Semitic *gabr-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

𐡂𐡁𐡓𐡀 (gbrʾm

  1. (Old Aramaic, Imperial Aramaic) man, husband

Descendants edit

  • Eastern Aramaic:
    Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡢𐡡𐡴𐡠 (gbrʾ)
    • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: גַּבְרָא (gaḇrā)
    • Hatran Aramaic: 𐣢𐣡𐣣𐣠 (gbrʾ)
    • Mandaic: ࡂࡁࡓࡀ (gbrʾ)
    • Classical Syriac: ܓܒܪܐ (gbrʾ /⁠gaḇrā⁠/)
    • 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)
  • Western Aramaic:
    Biblical Aramaic: גברא (gbrʾ)

References edit

  • gbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  1. ^ Asatrian, G. (2011). Iran & the Caucasus, 15(1/2), 326-330. Retrieved October 16, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41430901