إنجاص

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• نجاص (njāṣ)

Etymology

From a nasalised variant of Arabic إجّاص (ʔijjāṣ). Compare Moroccan Arabic نجاص (ngāṣ), لنجاص (langāṣ) and Algerian Arabic لنجاص (lanjāṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔin.ʒaːsˤ/, [ʔɪnˈʒɑːsˤ], [ʔɪnˈd͡ʒɑːsˤ]

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Noun

إنجاص • (ʔinjāṣ) m (collective, singulative إنجاصة f (ʔinjāṣa), plural إنجاصات (ʔinjāṣāt))

1. (uncountable) pears