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”)

    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)

  • Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: גַּבְרָא (gaḇrā)
  • Samaritan Aramaic: ࠂࠁࠓࠀ (gbrʾ /⁠gaḇrā⁠/)

References

• “gbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–