ܚܒܪܐ

Inherited from Aramaic חַבְרָא (ḥaḇrā); related to Hebrew חָבֵר (khavér).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xaw.rɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [xoːrˤɑː]
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [xaw.rɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [xavːrɑː]

ܚܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ • (ḥaḇrā) m (plural ܚܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (ḥaḇrē) or ܚܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥaḇrawwāṯā) or ܚܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (ḥaḇrānē), feminine ܚܒ݂ܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥḇarṯā))

1. friend

   ܡܒܘܼܫܸܠ ܠܝܼ ܐ݇ܟ݂ܵܠ݇ܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܚܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ ܐܸܕܠܹܝܠ.

   mbūšil lī ḵāramšā qā ḥaḇrawwāṯī idlēl.

   I cooked dinner for my friends tonight.

2. boyfriend (male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship)

   ܐܵܢܵܐ ܘܚܲܒ݂ܪܝܼ ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܲܢ ܠܒܹܝܬ݂ ܚܸܙܘܵܢܹ̈ܐ.

   ānā w-ḥaḇrī zīl lan l-bēṯ ḥizwānē.

   My boyfriend and I went to the theatre.

3. fellow, associate, companion, comrade
4. other, one of the same type

   ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܚܒ݂ܲܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܓܘܼܪ̈ܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂

   aykā ìnā ḥḇaryāṯā dgurḇōḵ

   Where are your other socks of the same pair?

   (literally, “Where are the friends of your socks?”)

• When used in the possessive by females, the meaning is “boyfriend,” so a loanword or the native ܪܵܚܡܵܐ (rāḥmā) is used instead when communicating “friend.”
• In the Standard Koine, the plural ܚܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (ḥaḇrē) is used more to specify male friends, where as the plural ܚܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥaḇrawwāṯā) is used of mixed or indifferent sex.

• (friend): ܪܵܚܡܵܐ (rāḥmā), ܝܲܕܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (yadīḏā), ܕܲܘܣܬ (dawst)

• ܚܲܒ݂ܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥaḇrūṯā, “friendship”)

From Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xab.rɑː]

ܚܲܒܪܵܐ • (ḥabrā) m (plural ܚܲܒܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (ḥabrānē))

1. (dialectal) word, lyric

   Synonyms: ܡܸܠܬ݂ܵܐ (milṯā), ܬܲܢܲܝܬܵܐ (tannaytā), ܗܹܡܸܙܡܵܢ (hēmizmān)

2. (dialectal) report, message

   Synonym: ܛܸܒܵܐ (ṭibbā)

3. experience

Inherited from Aramaic [Term?].

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xabbɑːrɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ħabbɑːrɑː]

ܚܲܒܵܪܵܐ • (ḥabbārā) m (plural ܚܲܒܵܪܹ̈ܐ (ḥabbārē), feminine ܚܲܒܵܪܬܵܐ (ḥabbārtā))

1. conjurer
2. charmer, enchanter
3. exorcist

From the root ܚ ܒ ܪ related to companionship. Compare Hebrew חָבֵר (ḥāḇḗr).

• IPA^(key): [ħavrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħavre] (plural)

ܚܒܪܐ • (ḥaḇrā) m (plural ܚܒܪܐ (ḥaḇrē), singular feminine counterpart ܚܒܪܬܐ (ḥḇarṯā))

1. friend, companion, mate, comrade
2. neighbor/neighbour, fellow, peer
3. equivalent, equal
4. alternate, other, another

From the root ܚ ܒ ܪ related to fixing the eyes.

• IPA^(key): [ħabbɑrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħabbɑre] (plural)

ܚܒܪܐ • (ḥabbārā) m (plural ܚܒܪܐ (ḥabbārē))

1. conjurer
2. charmer, enchanter
3. exorcist

• IPA^(key): [ħabbɑrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħabbɑre] (plural)

ܚܒܪܐ • (ḥabbārā) m (plural ܚܒܪܐ (ḥabbārē))

1. darkness
2. hole, deep pit, abyss
3. (figuratively) pitfall

from the root ܚ ܒ ܪ related to darkness.

• IPA^(key): [ħɛvrɑ]

ܚܒܪܐ • (ḥeḇrā) m(uncountable)

1. ink

• ܕܝܘܬܐ (dyōṯā)

• → Arabic: حِبْر (ḥibr)

• “ḥbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ḥbr⁵”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ḥbr⁶”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ḥbr⁷”, 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 95a, b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 125a, 625a
• 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 410a