ܓܘܝܐ

From ܓܵܘܵܐ (gāwā, “inside, interior”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ɡɑːwɑːjɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːwɑːjɑː]

ܓܵܘܵܝܵܐ • (gāwāyā) (feminine ܓܵܘܵܝܬܵܐ (gāwāytā), plural ܓܵܘܵܝܹ̈ܐ (gāwāyē))

1. inner, interior, internal

   Antonym: ܒܲܪܵܝܵܐ (barrāyā)

2. holy
3. inhabitant, citizen

ܓܵܘܵܝܹ̈ܐ • (gāwāyē) m pl (plural only)

1. inside, the indoors

   Antonym: ܒܲܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (barrāyē)

2. (by extension) Assyria

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwd /⁠gōy⁠/, “ball”). Cognate with Persian گوی (guy, “ball”).

• IPA^(key): [ɡojɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡoje(ʔ)] (plural)

ܓܘܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܝܐ)

1. sphere, globe, ball

From the root ܓ-ܘ-ܐ (ɡ-w-ʾ).

• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)wɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)wɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

ܓܘܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܝܐ)

1. (anatomy) intestine(s); innards, viscera

From the root ܓ-ܘ-ܐ (ɡ-w-ʾ).

• IPA^(key): [ɡawwɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡawwɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

ܓܘܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܝܬܐ)

1. inner, interior, internal
2. far, farther, remote
3. holy

• ܒܪܝܐ

ܓܘܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܝܬܐ)

1. inhabitant, citizen
2. eunuch

• “gwy”, 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, p. 44a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 63b-64a
• 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. 214a-b
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gōy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 37