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جدة

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See also: جده and حدة

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Feminine of جَدّ (jadd, grandfather, ancestor).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /d͡ʒad.da/

Noun

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جَدَّة (jaddaf (plural جَدَّات (jaddāt), masculine جَدّ (jadd))

  1. grandmother
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Etymology 2

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Root
ج د د (j d d)
15 terms

Cognate with Aramaic גידא / גודא, a length, a strip, a row, or patch; hence a strip of land by the sea, a tract near a body of water.

Noun

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جُدَّة (juddaf (plural جُدَد (judad))

  1. streak, tract, path, stria
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:27:
      وَمِنَ الْجِبَالِ جُدَدٌ بِيضٌ وَحُمْرٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهَا وَغَرَابِيبُ سُودٌ
      wa-mina l-jibāli judadun bīḍun wa-ḥumrun muḵtalifun ʔalwānuhā wa-ḡarābību sūdun
      And in the barrows there are streaks of bright white, of reds of sundry shades, and of raven’s black.
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Noun

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جِدَّة or جُدَّة (jidda or juddaf (obsolete)

  1. bank, side, edge of a water body
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Proper noun

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جِدَّة or جُدَّة (jidda or juddaf

  1. Jeddah (a port city in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia)
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Etymology 3

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Verbal noun of جَدَّ (jadda, to be new).

Noun

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جِدَّة (jiddaf

  1. verbal noun of جَدَّ (jadda, to be new) (form I)
  2. newness, recency
    • 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Epistle to the Romans, 6:4:
      فَدُفِنَّا مَعَهُ بِالْمَعْمُودِيَّةِ لِلْمَوْتِ، حَتَّى كَمَا أُقِيمَ الْمَسِيحُ مِنَ الْأَمْوَاتِ، بِمَجْدِ الْآبِ، هٰكَذَا نَسْلُكُ نَحْنُ أَيْضًا فِي جِدَّةِ الْحَيَاةِ؟
      fa-dufinnā maʕahu bi-l-maʕmūdiyyati li-l-mawti, ḥattā kamā ʔuqīma l-masīḥu mina l-ʔamwāti, bi-majdi l-ʔābi, hākaḏā nasluku naḥnu ʔayḍan fī jiddati al-ḥayāti?
      Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
  3. novelty
  4. modernness, modernity
  5. rebirth, renaissance
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References

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  • gd2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Badawi, Elsaid M., Abdel Haleem, Muhammad (2008) Arabic-English Dictionary of Qurʾanic Usage (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 85), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 157
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 285
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “جدة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 250–251

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic جَدَّة (jadda).

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Noun

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جَدَّة (jaddaf (plural جدات (jaddāt), masculine جد (jadd))

  1. grandmother
    Synonyms: سِتّ (sitt), سِتُّو (sittu), أَنَّة (ʔanna)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic جِدَّة (jidda).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒid.da/, [d͡ʒɪdda], [ʒɪdda]

Proper noun

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جِدَّة (jiddaf

  1. Jeddah (a port city in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic جَدَّة (jadda).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒad.de/, [ˈʒad.de]
  • IPA(key): /ʒad.da/, [ˈʒad.da]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

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جدة (jaddef (plural جدات (jaddāt), masculine جد (jadd))

  1. grandmother
    Synonyms: ست (sitt), تيتا (tēta, grandma)