صيدا

See also: صیدا

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Arabic صَيْدُون (ṣaydūn), from Classical Syriac ܨܰܝܕ݁ܳܢ (ṣaydon) from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn /⁠ṣīdūn⁠/). Cognate with Aramaic ܨܝܕܘܢ (ṣīdōn), Hebrew צִידוֹן (ṣīḏōn), Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), Latin Sīdōn.

Proper noun

صَيْدَا • (Ṣaydā) f

1. Saïda (a city in Lebanon), the ancient Sidon (a former city-state in Phoenicia)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: صیدا (Sayda)
  • Turkish: Sayda
• French: Saïda
  • English: Saida, Saïda