ܓܡܘܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Persian گاومیش (gâv-mêš), Arabic جَامُوس (ǧāmūs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɑmoʃɑ(ʔ)], [ɡammoʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡɑmoʃe(ʔ)], [ɡammoʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܡܘܫܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܡܘܫܐ)

  1. buffalo bull

Inflection

References

  • gmw$)”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 50a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 72a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գոմէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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