جسر

See also: حشر, خسر, and خشر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic גִּישְׁרָא / גִּשְׁרָא (gišrā) / ܓܫܪܐ (gešrā), with Hebrew גֶּשֶׁר (géšer) from Akkadian 𒄀𒅆𒅕𒊑 (/⁠gišru⁠/). Note the meaning “timber, beam” in Syriac – originally the Arabic word meant a wooden bridge in distinction from a stone bridge قَنْطَرَة (qanṭara). The word has a derivation in Akkadian from 𒄑𒃡 (GIŠ.ÙR), 𒄑𒃡𒋗 (GIŠ.ŠU.ÙR /⁠gušūru, gašūru⁠/, tree-trunk; felled log, timber; beams), itself considered a Sumerian loanword.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒisr/
  • (file)

Noun

جِسْر • (jisr) m (plural أَجْسُر (ʔajsur) or جُسُور (jusūr))

  1. bridge
Declension

Etymology 2

Root
ج س ر (j-s-r)

Verb

جَسَرَ • (jasara) I, non-past يَجْسُرُ‎ (yajsuru)

  1. to dare, venture boldly (عَلَى (ʕalā) against)
  2. to be foolhardy
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Denominal verb derived from جِسْر (jisr, bridge).

Verb

جَسَرَ • (jasara) I, non-past يَجْسُرُ‎ (yajsuru)

  1. to arch, vault, cross over (a bridge or as if by a bridge)
Conjugation

Noun

جَسْر • (jasr) m

  1. verbal noun of جَسَرَ (jasara) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Classical Persian جسر (jasar), from Bengali যশোর (jośōr).

Noun

جَسَر • (jasar) f

  1. Jessore (a city in Bangladesh)
Declension

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 285
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19), Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 52
  • Meissner, Bruno (1894) “Lexicographische Studien”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 9, pages 268–270
  • Müller, David Heinrich (1887) “Arabisch-aramäische Glossen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 1, pages 31–32
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 31

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جِسْر (jisr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.sir/, [d͡ʒɪ.sɪr], [ʒɪ.sɪɾ]

Noun

جسر • (jisir) m (construct state جِسْر (jisr), plural جسور (jusūr))

  1. bridge

See also

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج س ر
1 term
جسر الملك حسّين بقطع نهر الأردنKing Hussein Bridge (Allenby Bridge) crosses the Jordan River

Etymology

From Arabic جِسْر (jisr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒisr/, [ˈʒɪ.s(ɪ)r], [ˈd͡ʒɪ.s(ɪ)r]
  • (file)

Noun

جسر • (jisr) m (plural جسورة (jsūra))

  1. bridge
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