ܚܘܪܓܐ

Compare also in Hebrew חוֹרֵג (khorég).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xur.ɡɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [xur.d͡ʒɑː]

ܚܘܼܪܓܵܐ • (ḥurgā) (feminine ܚܘܼܪܓܬܵܐ (ḥurgtā), plural ܚܘܼܪ̈ܓܹܐ (ḥurgē))

1. step- used to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent

   ‎ܒܵܒܵܐ (bābā, “father”) + ‎ܚܘܼܪܓܵܐ (ḥurgā) → ‎ܒܵܒܵܐ ܚܘܼܪܓܵܐ (bābā ḥurgā, “stepfather”)

   ‎ܝܸܡܵܐ (yimmā, “mother”) + ‎ܚܘܼܪܓܬܵܐ (ḥurgtā) → ‎ܝܸܡܵܐ ܚܘܼܪܓܬܵܐ (yimmā ḥurgtā, “stepmother”)

   ‎ܐܲܚܵܐ (aḥḥā, “brother”) + ‎ܚܘܼܪܓܵܐ (ḥurgā) → ‎ܐܲܚܵܐ ܚܘܼܪܓܵܐ (aḥḥā ḥurgā, “stepbrother”)

   ‎ܚܵܬܵܐ (ḥātā, “sister”) + ‎ܚܘܼܪܓܬܵܐ (ḥurgtā) → ‎ܚܵܬܵܐ ܚܘܼܪܓܬܵܐ (ḥātā ḥurgtā, “stepsister”)

Other dialects may indicate step-relations in more literal terms; for example, ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܒܵܒܵܐ (baḵt bābā, “stepmother”, literally “wife of the father”).

• ܐܘܼܓܵܐ (ūgā, “half- used to indicate that the person being identified is related only through one parent”)