ܓܢܬܐ

From Aramaic גַנְתָא‎ (gannəṯā); related to Akkadian 𒃶𒈾𒌅 (/gannatu/, “vegetable garden, grove; private garden area”), Arabic جَنَّة‎ (janna), and Hebrew גִּנָּה‎ (ginná).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ɡan.tɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒan.tɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ɡan.θɑː]

ܓܲܢܬܵܐ • (gantā) f sg (plural ܓܲܢܹ̈ܐ‎ (gannē))

1. garden (piece of ground appropriated for the cultivation of fruits, herbs, flowers and vegetables)

   ‏ܒܩܲܝܛܵܐ، ܛܘܼܐܸܠ ܠܲܢ ܓܵܘ ܓܲܢܬܵܐ ܒܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܐ ܘܓܵܘ ܡܲܚܣܝܵܐ ܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ.‎‎

   b-qayṭā, ṭuʾil lan gāw gantā b-qaydāmtā w-gāw maḥsyā b-ramšā.

   In the summer, we played in the garden in the morning and the pool in the evening.

   • John 19:41:
   • ‏ܐܝܼܬ ܗܘܵܐ ܓܲܢܬܵ‌ܐ ܒܗ̇ܝ ܕܘܼܟܵܐ ܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܦܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܗܘܵܐ ܙܩܝܼܦܵܐ. ܘܓܵܘ ܗ̇ܝ ܓܲܢܬܵ‌ܐ ܐܝܼܬ ܗܘܵܐ ܩܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܚܵܕܬܵ‌ܐ ܕܗܸܫ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܝܗܘܵܐ ܡܘܼܬܒ݂ܵܐ ܓܵܘܹܗ.‎‎

     īt hwā gantā‌ā b-ay dukā d-īšoʿ pīšā hwā zqīpā. w-gāw ay gantā‌ā īt hwā qaḇrā ḥādtā‌ā d-hiš nāšā lē hwā mutḇā gāwēh.

     Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden. And in this garden there was a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

2. park: a large public garden or area of land used for recreation.

• ܓܲܢܵܢܵܐ‎ (gannānā, “gardener, horticulturist”)
• ܒܲܕܡܘܼܬ ܓܲܢܬܵܐ‎ (badmut gantā, “parklike”)
• ܢܵܛܲܪ ܓܲܢܬܵܐ‎ (nāṭar gantā, “park-keeper, ranger”)

• ܕܵܪܬܵܐ‎ (dārtā, “yard”)

From the root ܓ-ܢ-ܢ‎ (ɡ-n-n), originally meaning to protect or keep hidden, the lying down sense developing from reclining in gardens. Compare Akkadian 𒃶a𒈾𒌅 (/gannatu/, “vegetable garden, grove; private garden area”), Arabic جَنَّة‎ (janna), and Hebrew גִּנָּה‎ (ginnâ).

• IPA^(key): [ɡann(ə)θɑ]

ܓܢܬܐ • (gannəṯā) f (plural ܓܐܢܐܣ‎ or ܓܢܐܣ‎ or ܓܢܣ‎ or ܓܢܢܐ‎ or ܓܢܐ‎)

1. garden, park

• ܓܢܘܣܬܐ

• “gnh”, 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 50a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 75a
• 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 250a

From Aramaic גַנְתָא‎ (gannəṯā), from the root ܓ-ܢ-ܢ‎ (ɡ-n-n)

• IPA^(key): /ɡanθo/ (singular)
• IPA^(key): /ɡanθe/ (plural)

ܓܰܢܬ݂ܳܐ • (ganṯo) m (plural ܓܰܢ̈ܳܬ݂ܶܐ (ganoṯe))

1. garden
2. park

• ܓܰܢܬ݂ܳܐ ܕܰܚ ܚܱܝܶܘܷܢ‎ (ganṯo daḥ ḥäyewën, “zoo”)