ጎር

Ge'ez

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَار‎ (jār). Notwithstanding the different plural pattern, since ʔaKLāM is even more widely used a broken plural in Ethiopian Semitic.

Noun

ጎር • (gor) (plural አግዋር (ʾägwar))

  1. neighbour
  • ተጋወረ (tägawärä, “to be neighbours to each other”)

References

Tigre

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَار‎ (jār).

Noun

ጎር • (gor) (plural አግዋር (ʾägwar))

  1. neighbour

Preposition

ጎር • (gor)

  1. near, in proximity to

Alternative forms

  • ትጋወረ (təgawärä, “to be neighbours to each other”)
  • ግዋራ (gəwara, “neighbourhood”)

References

  • Littmann, Enno; Höfner, Maria (1962), “ጎር”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 592a

Tigrinya

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَار‎ (jār).

Noun

ጎር • (gor)

  1. neighbour
  • ተጋወረ (tägawärä)

Descendants

  • → Saho: goor

References

  • da Bassano, Francesco (1918), “ጎር”, in Vocabolario tigray-italiano e repertorio italiano-tigray (in Italian), Rome: Casa editrice italiana di C. de Luigi, column 824
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