جورجيا

• جِيُورْجِيَا‎ (jiyorjiyā)

Imitating a European language, compare English Georgia.

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

جُورْجِيَا • (jorjiyā) f

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.)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• جُورْجِيّ‎ (jorjiyy)

• كُرْج‎ (kurj)
• جَرْجَان‎ (jarjān)

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

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuːr.d͡ʒi.jaː/

جُورْجِيَا • (jūrjiyā) m (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]‎:

     ‏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], 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.

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Persian گور گیاه‎ (gôr-giyâh)

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

جورجيا • (jōrjiya) f

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)

• جورجي‎ (jōrji, “Georgian”) (masculine)
• جورجية‎ (jōrjiyya, “Georgian”) (feminine)