ܓܡܠ ܢܡܪܐ

See also: ܓܡܠܢܡܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ܓܡܠ (gəmal, “camel of”) +‎ ܢܡܪܐ (nemrāʾ, “the leopard”); a calque of Ancient Greek καμηλοπάρδαλις (kamēlopárdalis).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)malnɛmrɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܓܡܠ ܢܡܪܐ • (ɡmal-nemrā) m (plural ܓܡܠܝ ܢܡܪܐ)

  1. camelopard, giraffe

Synonyms

References
  • “gml**nmrˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-22
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 72a
  • 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. 241b
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