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ܢܝܓܪ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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ܢܝܓܪ
ܐܬܐ ܕܢܝܓܪ

Etymology

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Internationalism originally a learned borrowing from Classical Syriac.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [niːˈɣar.]

Proper noun

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ܢܝܼܓ݂ܲܪ (nīḡarm or f

  1. Niger (a country in Africa)
  2. Niger (a major river in West Africa)
  3. (biblical) Simeon Niger
    • Acts 13:1:
      ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܥܹܕܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܢܛܝܘܿܟ݂ܝ ܢܒ݂ܝܼܹ̈ܐ ܘܡܲܠܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ، ܫܸܡܵܢܵܝ̈ܗܝ ܒܲܪܢܒ݂ܵܐ، ܘܫܸܡܥܘܿܢ ܕܦܵܐܹܫ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܩܸܪܝܵܐ ܢܝܼܓ݂ܲܪ، ܘܠܘܼܩܝܼܘܿܣ ܡ̣ܢ ܩܸܘܪܝܼܢܹܐ ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ، ܘܡܵܢܵܐܹܝܠ ܚܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܕܗܹܪܘܿܕܸܣ ܛܸܛܪܲܪܟܵܐ ܡܪ̈ܲܒܝܵܢܘܼܗܝ، ܘܫܵܐܘܿܠ.
      īṯ wā gāw ˁēdtā d-ānṭyōḵ nḇīyē w-malpānē, šimmānāyh barnḇā, w-šimˁōn d-pāˀēš wā qiryā nīḡar, w-lūqīyōs min qiwrīnē mḏītā, w-mānāˀēl ḥaḇrā d-hērōdis ṭiṭrarkā mrabyānūh, w-šāˀōl.
      Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Usage notes

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  • The name of the river and the biblical chracter are grammatically masculine, however, the name as a country is grammatically feminine.
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