ܓܘܣܢܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ܓܘܣܐ (gawsā, refuge), from the root ܓ-ܘ-ܣ (ɡ-w-s), related to taking refuge + the ending ܢܐ- (-ānā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ɡawˈsɑ.nɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ɡɑwˈsɑ.nɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ɡɑwˈso.no]

Noun[edit]

ܓܘܣܢܐ (gawsānām (plural ܓܘܣܢܐ (gawsānē))

  1. refugee, fugitive
  2. wanderer, vagabond, gypsy

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • gwsn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-11
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 45a
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 70a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 65b
  • 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, page 218a-b