ܓܘܪܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܓܘܪ̈ܒܐ

Alternative forms

  • ܓܘܼܪܒ݂ܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (gurḇīṯā)

Etymology

From Iranian; compare Persian جوراب (jôrâb) (from Middle Persian *gōrāb). Also compare Arabic جَوْرَب (jawrab) and Hebrew גֶּרֶב (gérev).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɡurwaː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [d͡ʒurvaː]

Noun

ܓܘܼܪܒ݂ܵܐ • (gurḇā) m (plural ܓܘܼܪ̈ܒ݂ܹܐ (gurḇē) or ܓܘܼܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܢܹܐ (gurḇānē))

  1. sock
  2. stocking

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܓܘܼܪܒ݂ܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (gurḇānīṯā, small sock)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Iranian; compare Persian جوراب (jôrâb) (from Middle Persian *gōrāb). Also compare Arabic جَوْرَب (jawrab) and Hebrew גֶּרֶב (géreḇ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡurbɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡurbe] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܪܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܪܒܐ)

  1. sock, stocking (especially one made from wool)
    Synonym: ܘܣܐ

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old Armenian: գուրպայ (gurpay)

References

  • gwrb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-04
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 45b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 66a
  • 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 220a
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