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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic يَد (yad, “authority”, literally “hand”). Compare Latin manus, which may have influenced the semantic development. Doublet of id (“hand”), which continues the common dialectal Arabic form, while jedd was a more formal word that appeared in the classical shape.
Pronunciation
Noun
jedd m (plural jeddijiet)
- a right, entitlement
- Synonym: (commoner) dritt
Tarifit
Etymology
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جد (jadd, “grandfather”)
Noun
jedd m (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⴻⴷⴷ, plural rejdud, feminine jida)
- grandfather
- jeddi ― my grandfather
- jedds ― his grandfather