ܢܓܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܢ ܓ ܪ (n g r)
2 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic [Term?], from Akkadian 𒉄 (NAGAR /⁠naggāru⁠/), from Sumerian 𒉄 (nagar). Compare Arabic نَجَّار (najjār) and Hebrew נַגָּר (naggār).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [naɡɡaːraː]

Noun

ܢܲܓܵܪܵܐ • (naggārā) m (plural ܢܲܓܵܪܹ̈ܐ (naggārē), feminine ܢܲܓܵܪܬܵܐ (naggārtā))

  1. carpenter

Proper noun

ܢܲܓܵܪܵܐ • (naggārā) ?

  1. a surname originating as an occupation

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒉄 (NAGAR /⁠naggāru⁠/), from Sumerian 𒉄 (nagar). Compare Arabic نَجَّار (najjār) and Hebrew נַגָּר (naggār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [naɡɡɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [naɡɡɑre] (plural)

Noun

ܢܓܪܐ • (naggārā) m (plural ܢܓܪܐ (naggārē))

  1. carpenter
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Arabic: نَجّار (najjār)
    • Maltese: naġġar (stonemason)
    • Armenian: նաջար (naǰar)
    • Persian: نجار (najjâr)

Etymology 2

From the root ܢ-ܓ-ܪ (n-ɡ-r) related to prolonging.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɑɣarrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɑɣarre] (plural)

Noun

ܢܓܪܐ • (nāgarrā) m (plural ܢܓܪܐ (nāgarrē))

  1. prolonger
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܢܓܪ ܪܘܚܐ (nāḡar rūḥā)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɛɣrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɛɣre], [nɛɣrɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܢܓܪܐ • (neḡrā) f (plural ܢܓܪܬܐ (negrāṯā) or ܢܓܪܐ (neḡrē))

  1. Rare form of ܪܓܠܐ (reḡlā).
Inflection

References

  • ngr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-21
  • ngr6”, 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, page 197a, b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 327b–328a
  • 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 890a

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