جمعية

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج م ع (j-m-ʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒam.ʕij.ja/

Noun

جَمْعِيَّة (jamʕiyya) f (plural جَمْعِيَّات (jamʕiyyāt))

  1. association; club; society; assembly
    الْجَمْعِيَّةُ الْعَامَّةُ لِلْأُمَمِ الْمُتَّحِدَةِal-jamʕiyyatu l-ʕāmmatu lilʔumami l-muttaḥidatiUnited Nations General Assembly (literally, “the General Assembly of the Organisation of the United Nations”)

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), جمع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From publicly funded and operated supermarkets in Kuwait referred to officially and colloquially by that name. From Arabic جَمْعِيّة (jamʕiyya).

Pronunciation

Noun

جمعية (jamʿīya) f (construct state جمعية (jamʿiyat), plural جمعيات (jamʿīyāt))

  1. supermarket, grocery store

See also

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