جورجيا

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Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Imitating a European language, compare English Georgia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒuːr.d͡ʒi.jaː/, /d͡ʒor.d͡ʒi.jaː/, /d͡ʒoːr.d͡ʒi.jaː/

Proper noun

جُورْجِيَا • (jorjiyā) f

  1. Georgia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea.)
  2. Georgia (A state of the United States.)
    وِلَايَة جُورْجِيَا قَدِيمَة وَجِمِيلَة جِدًّا.
    wilāya(t) jūrjiyā qadīma(t) wajimīla(t) jiddan.
    The state of Georgia is old and very pretty.
Declension
Declension of noun جُورْجِيَا (jorjiyā)
Singular singular invariable
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — جُورْجِيَا
jorjiyā 		—
Nominative — جُورْجِيَا
jorjiyā 		—
Accusative — جُورْجِيَا
jorjiyā 		—
Genitive — جُورْجِيَا
jorjiyā 		—
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From Persian گور گیاه (gôr-giyâh, “lemongrass (Cymbopogon); broomsedge (Andropogon)”, literally “ass hay”). Also known in Classical Syriac ܓܘܪܓܝܗ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒuːr.d͡ʒi.jaː/

Noun

جُورْجِيَا • (jūrjiyā) m (obsolete)

  1. lemongrass, Cymbopogon
    Synonym: إِذْخِر (ʔiḏḵir)
    • a. 870, علي بن سهل ربّن الطبري [ʿalī ibn Sahl Rabbān aṭ-Ṭabarīy], فردوس الحكمة في الطب [firdaws al-ḥikma fī aṭ-ṭibb, Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari]‎:
      الإذخر وهو الجورجيا
      Lemongrass, which is jūrjiyā
    • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح , edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, (fol. 18r,1–2), page 370:
      من كنّاش ابن إسحاق:
      الجورجيا هو فقّاح الإذخر.
      From Kunnǎš by Ibn Isḥāq:
      Jūrjiyā is the flower of lemongrass.
Declension
Declension of noun جُورْجِيَا (jūrjiyā)
Singular singular invariable
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جُورْجِيَا
jūrjiyā 		الْجُورْجِيَا
al-jūrjiyā 		جُورْجِيَا
jūrjiyā
Nominative جُورْجِيَا
jūrjiyā 		الْجُورْجِيَا
al-jūrjiyā 		جُورْجِيَا
jūrjiyā
Accusative جُورْجِيَا
jūrjiyā 		الْجُورْجِيَا
al-jūrjiyā 		جُورْجِيَا
jūrjiyā
Genitive جُورْجِيَا
jūrjiyā 		الْجُورْجِيَا
al-jūrjiyā 		جُورْجِيَا
jūrjiyā

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “جورجيا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Further reading

Hijazi Arabic

جورجيا
عَلَم جورجيا

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic جُورْجِيَا (jūrjiyā), Persian گور گیاه (gôr-giyâh)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /d͡ʒoːr.d͡ʒi.ja/, ,

Proper noun

جورْجِيا • (jōrjiya) f

  1. Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
  2. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)
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