جدي

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See also: جدی, حدي, and خذي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج د د (j d d)
14 terms

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of جِدِّ (jiddi, seriousness) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy)

Pronunciation

Adjective

جِدِّيّ (jiddiyy) (feminine جِدِّيَّة (jiddiyya), masculine plural جِدِّيُّونَ (jiddiyyūna), feminine plural جِدِّيَّات (jiddiyyāt))

  1. serious; grave; earnest
  2. decisive; resolute (about a person)
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: ciddi
  • Bashkir: етди (yetdi)
  • Persian: جدی (jeddi)
  • Tajik: ҷиддӣ (jiddi)
  • Ottoman Turkish: جدی (ciddi)
    > Turkish: ciddi (inherited)
  • Uyghur: جىددىي (jiddiy)
  • Uzbek: jiddiy

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *gady- (kid).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَدْي (jadym (plural جِدَاء (jidāʔ) or جِدْيَان (jidyān))

  1. kid, young male of a goat
  2. Capricorn (astronomy)
Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

جِدِّي (jiddī) (form I) /d͡ʒid.diː/

  1. second-person feminine singular imperative of جَدَّ (jadda)

Etymology 4

Verb

جِدِي (jidī) (form I) /d͡ʒi.diː/

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