جسر

From Aramaic גִּישְׁרָא / גִּשְׁרָא (gišrā) / ܓܫܪܐ (gešrā), with Hebrew גֶּשֶׁר (géšer) from Akkadian 𒄀𒅆𒅕𒊑 (/⁠gišru⁠/). Note the meaning “timber, beam” in Syriac – originally the Arabic word meant a wooden bridge in distinction from a stone bridge قَنْطَرَة (qanṭara). The word has a derivation in Akkadian from 𒄑𒃡 (GIŠ.ÙR), 𒄑𒃡𒋗 (GIŠ.ŠU.ÙR /⁠gušūru, gašūru⁠/, “tree-trunk; felled log, timber; beams”), itself considered a Sumerian loanword.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒisr/

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جِسْر • (jisr) m (plural أَجْسُر (ʔajsur) or جُسُور (jusūr))

1. bridge

جَسَرَ • (jasara) I (non-past يَجْسُرُ (yajsuru), verbal noun جَسَارَة (jasāra) or جُسُور (jusūr))

1. to dare, to risk, to venture [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something’ or أَنْ (ʔan, + subjunctive clause) ‘to do something’]

   لَا يَجْسُرُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَذَا. ― lā yajsuru ʔan yafʕala kaḏā. ― He dares not do such a thing.

2. to act boldly or courageously [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘against someone, e.g. an enemy’]

Denominal verb derived from جِسْر (jisr, “bridge”).

جَسَرَ • (jasara) I (non-past يَجْسُرُ (yajsuru), verbal noun جَسْر (jasr)) (transitive)

1. to arch, to vault (a bridge)
2. to span, to traverse, to cross (as if by a bridge)

جَسْر • (jasr) m

1. verbal noun of جَسَرَ (jasara) (form I)

Borrowed from Classical Persian جسر (jasar), from Bengali যশোর (jośōr).

جَسَر • (jasar) f

1. Jessore (a city in Bangladesh)

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 285
• Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎^[1], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 52
• Meissner, Bruno (1894) “Lexicographische Studien”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete‎^[2] (in German), volume 9, pages 268–270
• Müller, David Heinrich (1887) “Arabisch-aramäische Glossen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, pages 31–32
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 31

From Arabic جِسْر (jisr).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.sir/, [d͡ʒɪ.sɪr], [ʒɪ.sɪɾ]

جسر • (jisir) m (construct state جِسْر (jisr), plural جسور (jusūr))

1. bridge

• كبري (kubri, “overpass”)

From Arabic جِسْر (jisr).

• IPA^(key): /ʒisr/, [ˈʒɪ.s(ɪ)r], [ˈd͡ʒɪ.s(ɪ)r]

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جسر • (jisr) m (plural جسورة (jsūra))

1. bridge