gédɔ́r

Shehri

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic [Term?] (“wall”). Synchronically from gɔ́dɔ́r (“to pile up stones, to build a wall”).

Cognate with Mehri gīdōr (“wall, cairn, pile stones”), Phoenician 𐤂𐤃𐤓 (gdr, “wall”), Hebrew גָּדֵר (gadér, “wall, fence”) and Arabic جِدَار (jidār, “wall”).

Noun

gédɔ́r

  1. wall, cairn, piled stones

References

  • Thomas M. Johnstone (1981), Jibbāli Lexicon, School of oriental and African studies, Oxford University Press, 1981 page 71
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