ܬܓܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒁮𒃼 (tamkāru [DAM.GAR3]). Compare Arabic تَاجِر‎ (tājir) and Hebrew תַּגָּר‎ (taggār).

Alternative forms

  • ܬܐܓܪܐ‎

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [taɡɡɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [taɡɡɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܓܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܓܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܓܪܬܐ‎)

  1. trader, merchant
Inflection

Proper noun

ܬܓܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m

  1. (alchemy, astronomy) Mercury

Etymology 2

From Arabic تَاجِر‎ (tājir), related to above.

Alternative forms

  • ܬܐܓܪܐ‎

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [taɡɡɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [taɡɡɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܬܓܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܓܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܓܪܬܐ‎)

  1. rich
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܓ-ܪ-ܝ‎ (ɡ-r-y).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɛɣrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tɛɣre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܓܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܓܪܐ)

  1. strife, contention
Inflection

References

  • “tgr”, 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. 387b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 604b-605q
  • 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. 1624a
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