Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛɡɡɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɛɡɡɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܓܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܐܓܪܐ)

1. (architecture) roof, rooftop

Inflection

Synonyms

• ܡܛܠܠܐ

Derived terms

• ܒܪ ܐܓܪܐ

Descendants

• Arabic: إِجَّار ‎(ʾiǧǧār), إِنْجَار ‎(ʾinǧār)

See also

• ܬܛܠܝܠܐ

Etymology 2

From the root ܐ-ܓ-ܪ ‎(ʾ-ɡ-r) related to hiring. Compare Arabic أَجْر ‎(ʾaǧr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔaɣrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔaɣre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܓܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܐܓܪܐ)

1. pay, wage, hire
2. fee, price; fare, payment
3. reward

Inflection

Synonyms

• (price): ܕܡܝܐ

References

• “)gr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-11
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 3a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 3b
• 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. 8b

Anagrams

• ܓܐܪܐ