زجاجة

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ز ج ج (z-j-j). From Aramaic, זְגוּגִיתָא (zḡūḡīṯā), זְכוּכִיתָא (zḵūḵīṯā), ܙܓܘܽܓܝܺܬܴܐ (zḡūḡīṯā), Hebrew זְכוּכִית (zḵūḵī́ṯ), from Akkadian 𒍝𒅗𒅗𒌈 (/⁠zakukītu, zakakatu, zakukutu⁠/, glass, gloss, glaze), 𒍪𒆪𒌑 (/⁠zukû⁠/, a kind of frit used in glass-making, literally clarity, clear, clean, refined or pure substance).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /zu.d͡ʒaː.d͡ʒa/
  • IPA(key): /za.d͡ʒaː.d͡ʒa/ (colloquial)
  • IPA(key): /zi.d͡ʒaː.d͡ʒa/ (colloquial)

Noun[edit]

زُجَاجَة or زَجَاجَة or زِجَاجَة (zujāja or zajāja or zijājaf (singulative, collective زُجَاج m (zujāj) or زَجَاج (zajāj) or زِجَاج (zijāj))

  1. piece of glass
  2. glass vessel; bottle; flask
  3. glass lamp

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

زِجَاجَة (zijājaf (usually uncountable)

  1. glassmaking

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

زَجَّاجَة (zajjājaf (masculine زَجَّاج (zajjāj))

  1. female equivalent of زَجَّاج (zajjāj)

References[edit]

  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “زجاجة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1216
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 64
  • Shahîd, Irfan (2010) Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century. Volume II: Part 2: Economic, Social, and Cultural History, Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, page 143
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “زج”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 433