Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܓܙܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡazɑʔ/

Noun

גזא • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural גזא)

1. treasure, treasury

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑzɑʔ/

Proper noun

גזא • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. Gaza

Etymology 3

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛzɑʔ/

Noun

גזא • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural גזא, feminine counterpart גזתא)

1. mowing, shearing

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑzɑʔ/

Noun

גזא • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural גזא)

1. mower, shearer

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛzeʔ/

Noun

גזא • ‎(transliteration needed) f pl ‎(singular גזתא)

1. wool, fleeces

References

• “gz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press