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Etymology 1

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Imitating a European language, compare English Georgia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒuːr.d͡ʒi.jaː/, /d͡ʒor.d͡ʒi.jaː/, /d͡ʒoːr.d͡ʒi.jaː/

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جُورْجِيَا (jorjiyāf

  1. Georgia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea.)
  2. Georgia (A state of the United States.)
    وِلَايَة جُورْجِيَا قَدِيمَة وَجِمِيلَة جِدًّا.
    wilāya(t) jūrjiyā qadīma(t) wajimīla(t) jiddan.
    The state of Georgia is old and very pretty.
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Etymology 2

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From Persian گور گیاه (gôr-giyâh, lemongrass (Cymbopogon); broomsedge (Andropogon), literally ass hay). Also known in Classical Syriac ܓܘܪܓܝܗ.

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒuːr.d͡ʒi.jaː/

Noun

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جُورْجِيَا (jūrjiyām (obsolete)

  1. lemongrass, Cymbopogon
    Synonym: إِذْخِر (ʔiḏḵir)
    • a. 870, علي بن سهل ربّن الطبري [ʿalī ibn Sahl Rabbān aṭ-Ṭabarīy], فردوس الحكمة في الطب [firdaws al-ḥikma fī aṭ-ṭibb, Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari]‎[1]:
      الإذخر وهو الجورجيا
      Lemongrass, which is jūrjiyā
    • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, (fol. 18r,1–2), page 370:
      من كنّاش ابن إسحاق:
      الجورجيا هو فقّاح الإذخر.
      From Kunnǎš by Ibn Isḥāq:
      Jūrjiyā is the flower of lemongrass.
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References

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

Further reading

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Hijazi Arabic

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جورجيا
 
عَلَم جورجيا

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic جُورْجِيَا (jūrjiyā), Persian گور گیاه (gôr-giyâh)

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /d͡ʒoːr.d͡ʒi.ja/, [d͡ʒo̞ːr.d͡ʒɪ.ja], [ʒo̞ːr.ʒɪ.ja]

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جورْجِيا (jōrjiyaf

  1. Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
  2. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)
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