ܐܓܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒂍𒋞 (igāru [E2.SIG4]).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛɡɡɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛɡɡɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܓܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܓܪܐ)

  1. (architecture) roof, rooftop
Inflection
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • ܒܪ ܐܓܪܐ
Descendants
  • Arabic: إِجَّار (ʾiǧǧār), إِنْجَار (ʾinǧār)
See also

Etymology 2

From the root ܐ-ܓ-ܪ (ʾ-ɡ-r) related to hiring. Compare Arabic أَجْر (ʾaǧr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔaɣrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔaɣre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܓܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܓܪܐ)

  1. pay, wage, hire
  2. fee, price; fare, payment
  3. reward
Inflection
Synonyms

References

  • ˀgr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-11
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 3a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 3b
  • 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, p. 8b

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