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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