جندي

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Relative noun (nisba) composed of جُنْد (jund) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

جُنْدِيّ (jundiyym, plural جُنُود (junūd), feminine جُنْدِيَّة (jundiyya)

  1. soldier
    Synonym: عَسْكَرِيّ m (ʕaskariyy)
  2. (chess) pawn

Declension[edit]

See also[edit]

Chess pieces in Arabic · (layout · text)
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شَاه (šāh) وَزِير (wazīr) رُخّ (ruḵḵ) فِيل (fīl) حِصَان (ḥiṣān) بَيْدَق (baydaq) – جُنْدِيّ (jundiyy)

References[edit]

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

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic جُنْدِيّ (jundiyy).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʒun.di/, [ˈʒʊn.di]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

جندي (jundim (plural جنود (jnūd), feminine جندية (jundiyye))

  1. soldier
  2. (chess) pawn

See also[edit]

Chess pieces in South Levantine Arabic · قطع الشطرنج (ʔuṭaʕ iš-šaṭranj) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
ملك (malik) ملكة (malike) قلعة (ʔalʕa) وزير (wazīr) حصان (ḥsān) جندي (jundi)