جد

Cognate with Hebrew גד (gad).

جَدَّ • (jadda) I (non-past يَجِدُّ (yajiddu), verbal noun جِدَّة (jidda))

1. to be new

جَدَّ • (jadda) I (non-past يَجِدُّ (yajiddu), verbal noun جِدّ (jidd))

1. to be serious
2. to be earnest

جِدّ • (jidd) m

1. verbal noun of جَدَّ (jadda, “to be serious, to be earnest”)
2. seriousness, earnestness
3. diligence, assiduity, eagerness

جَدّ • (jadd) m (plural جُدُود (judūd))

1. good luck, good fortune

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒadd/

جَدّ • (jadd) m (plural أَجْدَاد (ʔajdād) or جُدُود (judūd) or جُدُودَة (judūda), feminine جَدَّة (jadda))

1. grandfather
2. ancestor
3. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) glory
4. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) Majesty
5. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) grandeur
6. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) excellence
7. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) ancient

• Gulf Arabic: يد (yad(d))
• Maltese: ġidd

• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “جد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.

جِدْ • (jid) (form I) /d͡ʒid/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of وَجَدَ (wajada)

From Arabic جَدّ (jadd, “grandfather”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡidd/, , (before a consonant), (sentence final)

جدّ • (gidd) m (plural اجداد (agdād), feminine جدّة (gidda))

1. grandfather

   Synonym: جدّو (giddu) (familiar)

2. (chiefly in the plural) ancestor

• جدّو (giddu)

From Arabic جَادّ (jādd, “serious”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡadd/, , (before a consonant), (sentence final)

جدّ • (gadd) (singular only, masculine only)

1. serious

   الموضوع جدّ ― il-mawḍūʕ gadd ― The situation is serious

• بجدّ (bigadd, “actually; really”)

From Arabic جَدَّ (jadda, “to work diligently; to be serious”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡadd/, , (before a consonant), (sentence final)

جدّ • (gadd) (verbal noun جدّ (gidd))

1. (uncommon, somewhat formal) to work hard, to work diligently

   Synonym: اجتهد (igtahad)

Usually only used with اجتهد (igtahad).

جدّ واجتهد ― gidd w-igtihid ― Work hard (imperative)

From Arabic جَدّ (jadd).

• IPA^(key): /ʒadd/

جد • (jadd) m (plural جدود (jdūd), feminine جدة (jadda))

1. grandfather

   جدي توفى هادي شي سبع سنين.

   jaddi twaffa hādi ši sabʕ snīn.

   My grandfather died approximately 7 years ago.

2. ancestor

   جدودنا كانوا ناس. ― jdūdna kānu nās. ― Our ancestors were brave people.

From Arabic جَدّ (jadd).

جد • (cedd) (plural اجداد)

1. ancestor

• Turkish: cet

Borrowed from Arabic جَدّ (jadd).

جد • (jadd) (plural اجداد (ajdād))

1. ancestor
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی , volume II, verse 367:

     گر نبودی کوشش احمد تو هم
     میپرستیدی چو اجدادت صنم

     gar na-būdī kōšiš-i ahmad tū ham
     mē-parastīdī čō ajdād-at sanam

     Had it not been for the efforts of Ahmad, you also,
     like your ancestors, would be worshipping idols.

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

• IPA^(key): /ʒadd/,

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From Arabic جَدّ (jadd).

جدّ • (jadd, jidd) m (plural جدود (jdūd), feminine جدّة (jadde, jidde))

1. grandfather

   Endearing form: جدّو (jaddo, jiddo)

   Synonym: سيد (sīd)

From Arabic جِدّ (jidd).

جدّ • (jadd) m

1. seriousness, earnestness

• عن جد (ʕan jadd, “seriously, really”)