يهودي

See also: یہودی‎ and یهودی‎

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic יְהוּדָיֵא‎ (yəhūḏāyā). The borrowing happened at multiple times; from some Aramaic dialect with reduced onset one got هُود‎ (hūd) (no singulative).

Adjective

يَهُودِيّ • (yahūdiyy) (feminine يَهُودِيَّة‎ (yahūdiyya), masculine plural يَهُود‎ (yahūd) or يَهُودِيُّون‎ (yahūdiyyūn), feminine plural يَهُودِيَّات‎ (yahūdiyyāt))

  1. Jewish

Declension

See also

Noun

يَهُودِيّ • (yahūdiyy) m, plural يَهُود‎ (yahūd) or يَهُودِيُّون‎ (yahūdiyyūn), feminine يَهُودِيَّة‎ (yahūdiyya)

  1. Jew

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: yəhudi
  • → Persian: یهودی‎
  • → Swahili: Kiyahudi, Myahudi, Uyahudi
  • → Uzbek: yahudiy

See also

References

  • Hopkins, Simon (1997), “On the Words for “Jew(s)” in Arabic”, in Uri Rubin, David J. Wasserstein, editors, Dhimmis and Others: Jews and Christians and the World of Classical Islam (Israel Oriental Studies; 17), Eisenbrauns, pages 11–27
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 293–294

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic يَهُودِيّ‎ (yahūdiyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja.huː.di/, [jaˈhuː.di]
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Adjective

يهودي • (yahūdi) (feminine يهوديّة‎ (yahūdiyye), common plural يهود‎ (yahūd))

  1. Jewish

Noun

يهودي • (yahūdi) m (plural يهود‎ (yahūd), feminine يهوديّة‎ (yahūdiyye))

  1. Jew
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