| Eastern Syriac : | ܓܵܒܵܢܵܐ |
| Western Syriac : | ܓܳܒܳܢܳܐ |
| Eastern phonetic : | ga: ' ba: na: |
| Category : | noun |
| [Professions] | |
| English : | a shepherd , a cowherd , a cow-boy ; |
| French : | un berger , un vacher , un bouvier ; |
| Dialect : | Al Qosh |
| Kurdish : | gavân «a shepherd» «un berger» |
this word is of Kurdish origin, see ܪܵܥܝܵܐ
mot d'origine kurde, voir ܪܵܥܝܵܐ