גמרא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡmɑrɑʔ/

Noun

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גְּמָרָא • (g'mará) (uncountable)

  1. perfection
  2. completion, consummation
  3. tradition
  4. instruction, study
  5. Gemara

References

  • gmr”, 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[1], 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

Anagrams

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic גְּמָרָא (g'mará, Gemara)

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO) IPA(key): /ɡəˈmɔʁə/
  • (Northeastern) IPA(key): /ɡəˈmɔʁə/, /ˈɡmɔʁə/
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): /ɡəˈmuːʁə/, /ˈɡmuːʁə/
  • (Ukrainish) IPA(key): /ɡəˈmuʁə/, /ˈɡmuʁə/

Noun

גמרא • (gemoref, plural גמרות (gemores)

  1. Talmud
    Synonym: תּלמוד (talmud)
  2. Gemara

References

  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “גמרא” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [2].