ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ

• ܓܘܪܕܡܝܐ (gūrdəmāyā)

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ɡur.d(ə)ˈmɑ.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ɡurˈdmɑ.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ɡurˈdmo.no]

Compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גּוּנְדְּלָיָא (gundəlāyâ, “left-handed person”).

ܓܘܼܪܕ݁ܡܵܢܵܐ • (gurdəmānā) m (plural ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬܐ)

1. ambidextrous

   Synonym: ܬܪܝܢܝ ܐܝܕܝܐ

   • c. 9th C, Isho bar Ali, “2814”, in Georg Hoffmann, editor, Syriac-Arabic lexicon‎^[1], part I (in Arabic), Kiel, published 1874, page 100, line 9

From Arabic جُذَام (juḏām).

ܓܘܼܪܕ݁ܡܵܢܵܐ • (gūrdəmānā) m (plural ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܘܪܕܡܢܬܐ)

1. (pathology) elephantic, leprous
   • c. 9th C, Isho bar Ali, “2815”, in Georg Hoffmann, editor, Syriac-Arabic lexicon‎^[2], part I (in Arabic), Kiel, published 1874, page 100, line 10

• “gwrdmn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 15 December 2022
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 132
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 66a
• 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, →ISBN, page 221a