𐡂𐡁𐡓𐡀

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *gabr-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡabrɑʔ/

Noun

𐡂𐡁𐡓𐡀 • (gbrʾ) m

  1. (Old Aramaic, Imperial Aramaic) man, husband

Descendants
  • Eastern Aramaic:
    Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡢𐡡𐡴𐡠 (gbrʾ)
    • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: גַּבְרָא (gaḇrā)
    • Hatran Aramaic: 𐣢𐣡𐣣𐣠 (gbrʾ)
    • Mandaic: ࡂࡁࡓࡀ (gbrʾ)
    • Classical Syriac: ܓܒܪܐ (gbrʾ /⁠gaḇrā⁠/)
    • → Proto-Kurdish: (“big; chief; elder, senior; grown-up, adult; venerable”)[1]
      Central Kurdish: گەورە (gewre)
      Southern Kurdish: گەورە (gewre), گەورا (gewra)
    • → Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (GBRA /⁠*garbā; mard⁠/)
      • Persian: گبر (gabr) (see there for further descendants)
  • Western Aramaic:
    Biblical Aramaic: גברא (gbrʾ)

References
  • “gbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  1. Asatrian, G. (2011). Iran & the Caucasus, 15(1/2), 326-330. Retrieved October 16, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41430901
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