ܓܫܪܐ

Inherited from Aramaic גֵּשְׁרָא (gišrā), from Akkadian 𒄀𒅖𒊒 (gišru, “bridge”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪʃ.rɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɪʃ.rɑː]

ܓܸܫܪܵܐ • (gišrā) m sg (plural ܓܸܫܪܹ̈ܐ (gišrē) or ܓܸܫܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (gišrawwāṯā) or ܓܸܫܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (gišrānē))

1. (architecture) bridge

   Hypernym: ܡܲܥܒܪܵܐ (maˁbrā, “crossing”)

   Hyponyms: ܓܸܫܪܵܐ ܬܸܠܝܵܐ (gišrā tilyā, “suspension bridge”), ܓܸܫܪܵܐ ܣܡܝܼܟ݂ ܟܲܒ݂̈ܠܹܐ (gišrā smīḵ kaḇlē, “cable-stayed bridge”)

2. (dentistry) bridge
3. (anatomy) pons

• ܓܵܫܹܪ (gāšēr)
• ܓܸܫܪܘܿܢܵܐ (gišrōnā)

• ܓܝܫܪܐ (gēšrā) (Western Syriac)

From Akkadian 𒄀𒅖𒊒 (gišru, “bridge”). Compare Arabic جِسْر (jisr) and Hebrew גֶּשֶׁר (géšer).

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛʃrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡɛʃre] (plural)

ܓܫܪܐ • (gešrā) m (plural ܓܫܪܐ)

1. (architecture) bridge
2. beam, plank
3. axle

• “gšr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2 September 2011
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 55b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 80b
• 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 266b

From Aramaic גשרא (gišrā).

• IPA^(key): /ɡəʃro/ (singular)
• IPA^(key): /ɡəʃre/ (plural)

ܓܷܫܪܳܐ • (gëšro) m (plural ܓܷܫܪܶܐ (gëšre))

1. (architecture) bridge
2. (colloquial) wooden ceiling