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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