gebaar

(Îngilîzî)

gebaren

Pircarînî

C1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ɣəˈbaːr/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle Dutch gebare, from Old Dutch gebare. Equivalent to a deverbal from gebaren. The sense “gesture” is relatively recent and was likely influenced by the sense “movement” and the related, now obsolete term gebaarde.

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