جزيرة

Of the root ج ز ر‎ (j-z-r). Likely an Aramaic topographic term, to be identified with Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גזרתא‎ (“a heap or slab of wood or stone”) and Classical Syriac ܓܙܺܝܪܬܴ݁ܐ‎ (gəzīrtā, “a heap or slab of wood or stone; merlon; door-ring, specifically Mesopotamia”), with the specific meaning of “island” but attested as Classical Syriac ܓܳܙܰܪܬܴ݁ܐ‎ (gāzartā) and Old Armenian կղզի (kłzi) and Old Georgian კუნძული (ḳunʒuli); potentially reinterpreted from the Sumerian source of جِسْر‎ (jisr, “(wooden) bridge”), though Semitic root derivation is superficially very plausible—from this root ج ز ر‎ (j-z-r) / ג־ז־ר‎ / ܓ-ܙ-ܪ‎ (ɡ-z-r) related to “cutting, cheffing” one hardly has obtained the meaning of “an island” or “a major separated region” directly but rather by means of transferral from “smaller” meanings.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.ziː.ra/

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جَزِيرَة • (jazīra) f (plural جَزَائِر‎ (jazāʔir) or جُزُر‎ (juzur))

1. island
2. peninsula
3. area, region, territory, section, district; any separated location, especially one delimited by natural boundaries

• جَزَرِيّ‎ (jazariyy)
• جَزَائِرِيّ‎ (jazāʔiriyy)
• جَزْأَرَة‎ (jazʔara)

• Maltese: gżira, ġżira
• → Indonesian: jazirah
• → Ottoman Turkish: جزیره‎ (cezîre)
• → Portuguese: lezíria
• → Persian: جزیره‎ (jazire)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: जज़ीरा (jazīrā)

    Urdu: جزیرہ‎ (jazīrā)

• → Sicilian: gisira

• “gzrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, pages 112b–113a

From Arabic جَزِيرَة‎ (jazīra).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaˈziːra/.

جزيرة • (jazīra) f (plural جزر‎ (juzur))

1. island
2. isle

• شبه جزيرة‎ (šibh jazīra, “peninsula”)

From Arabic جَزِيرَة‎ (jazīra).

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.ziː.re/, [ʒaˈziː.re]
• IPA^(key): /ʒa.ziː.ra/, [ʒaˈziː.ra]

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جزيرة • (jazīre) f (plural جزر‎ (juzor) or جزائر‎ (jazāʔer))

1. island