ܐܓܪܐ

Developed from Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡂𐡓𐡀‎ (ʾgrʾ /*ʾeggārā/, “wall”), from Akkadian 𒂍𒋞 (igārum, “wall”), from Sumerian 𒂍𒋞 (e₂-gar₈ /egar/, “wall”).

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

ܐܓܪܐ • (ʾeggārā) m (plural ܐܓܪܐ (ʾeggārē))

1. roof, rooftop

• ܡܛܠܠܐ‎ (maṭləlā)

• ܒܪ ܐܓܪܐ‎ (bar ʾeggārā)

• → Arabic: إِجَّار‎ (ʔijjār, “roof”), إِنْجَار‎ (ʔinjār), إِجَّارَة‎ (ʔijjāra)
  • → Sicilian: anzara, anźara, anzaru, azzaru, aźara (“roof”)

• ܬܛܠܝܠܐ‎ (taṭlīlā)

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

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

ܐܓܪܐ • (ʾaḡrā) m (plural ܐܓܪܐ (ʾaḡrē))

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

• (price): ܕܡܝܐ‎ (dǝmayyā)

• “ˀgr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-11
• “ˀgr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 3a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 8b
• “egar [WALL]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, University of Pennsylvania, 2006

• ܓܐܪܐ‎