جسر

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

bridge

Verb

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

Verb

1. (transitive) to dare, to risk, to venture
2. (transitive) to act boldly or courageously

Sinonieme

قنطرة

Vertalings

Brücke

bridge

pont

puente

ponte

pons

brug

ponte

köprü

pont

γέφυρα

pont

bridge

γεφύρι

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/d͡ʒisr/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Aramaic גִּישְׁרָא / גִּשְׁרָא (gišrā) / ܓܫܪܐ (gešrā), with Hebrew גֶּשֶׁר (géšer) from Akkadian 𒄀𒅖𒊒 (gišru, “bridge”). 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.