عسجد

Arabic

Etymology

According to Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou “without doubt” from an elative from the root س ج د (s-j-d), meaning originally aught “most worthy of bowing down”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕas.d͡ʒad/

Noun

عَسْجَد (ʕasjad) m

  1. gold
    Synonym: ذَهَب (ḏahab)

Declension

Derived terms

  • عَسْجَدِيَّة (ʕasjadiyya, chrysomonadina)

References

  • Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 863
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