جرجس

From Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).

• جَاوْرْجِيُوس‎ (jāwrjiyūs)

جُرْجُس • (jurjus) m

1. (Saint) George, a legendary Christian martyr
2. A male given name, George

جِرْجِس

Borrowed from Aramaic גַּרְגִּישְׁתָּא‎ (gargīštā) /‏ ܓܰܪܓܶܫܬܴܐ‎ (gargeštā), of unknown origin.

• قِرْقِس‎ (qirqis)

جِرْجِس • (jirjis) m

(obsolete)

1. sealing earth, terra sigillata

From Classical Syriac ܓܰܪܓܳܗܴܐ‎ (gargāsā, “a type of gnats”), ultimately probably onomatopoeic. Compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic דגירגצא ,גירגצא ,גרגצא‎.

• قِرْقِس‎ (qirqis)

جِرْجِس • (jirjis) m (collective, singulative جِرْجِسَة‎ (jirjisa))

1. (Syria, obsolete) any Nematocera insect: crane flies, gnats, mosquitoes

   Synonyms: بَعُوض‎ (baʿūḍ), بَقّ‎ (baqq) (Iraq), نَامُوس‎ (nāmūs), بَرْغَش‎ (barḡaš), خَمُوش‎ (ḵamūš)

2. bimaculated lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata, of which Melanocorypha bimaculata subsp. rufescens occurs in summer in Arabia and Northeastern Africa and in the Northern and Western edges of Greater Syria in winter, a gamebird, the other subspecies Melanocorypha bimaculata subsp. bimaculata East and South of the Caspian Sea)

• جرجس (اسم)‎ on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar
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• “grgs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
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