ܓܢܐ

ܓܢܐ

ܐܬܐ ܕܓܢܐ

Internationalism from Arabic غَانَا (ḡānā).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈɣɑːnɑː]

ܓ݂ܵܢܵܐ • (ḡānā) f

1. Ghana (a country in Africa)

• ܓ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ḡānāyā, “Ghanaian”)

From Aramaic גְּנָא (gənā).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɑːneː]

ܓܵܢܹܐ • (gānē) (present participle ܓܢܵܝܵܐ (gnāyā), past participle ܓܸܢܝܵܐ (ginyā))

1. to lie down, recline
2. (with ܫܸܡܫܵܐ (šimšā, “sun”)) (of the sun) to set

   ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܸܓܢܵܝܵܐ ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ― wē lāh bignāyā šimšā ― The sun is setting.

3. (with ܝܲܘܡܵܐ (yawmā, “day”)) (of the day) to get late, turn dark, turn into evening

   ܓܢܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ ― gnē lēh yawmā ― It got late. (literally, “The day reclined.”)

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈɡan.neː]

ܓܲܢܹ̈ܐ • (gannē) f pl

1. plural construct state of ܓܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ (ganṯā, “garden, park”)

From Northern Kurdish گيان (giyan); related to Persian جان (jân). The sense of “self, oneself” is a calque of the original word ܪܘܼܚܵܐ (rūḥā), where this sense is not found in the Kurdish source word.

• ܓܝܵܢܵܐ (gyānā)

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ɡɑːnɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ɡjɑːnɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːnɑː]

ܓܵܢܵܐ • (gānā) f (plural ܓܵܢܹ̈ܐ (gānē) or ܓܵܢܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (gānāṯē))

1. (dialectal) self, oneself, same

   Synonyms: ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (nafšā), ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (yāṯā), ܩܢܘܿܡܵܐ (qnōmā), ܪܘܼܚܵܐ (rūḥā)

2. (dialectal) spirit

   Synonym: ܪܘܼܚܵܐ (rūḥā)