גדא

Aramaic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaddɑʔ/

Noun

גַּדָּא • (gaddā) m

1. luck, fortune
2. fate

Inflection

Declension of גדא

	singular	plural
absolute	גַּד	גַּדִּין
construct	גַּד	גַּדֵּי
emphatic	גַּדָּא	גַּדַּיָּא

Hebrew

Etymology

From Aramaic גַּדָּא.

Noun

גַּדָּא • (gadá) m

1. Luck, good fortune. [from Talmudic Hebrew]

Derived terms

• בִּישׁ־גַּדָּא (bísh-gadá)

References

• “גַּדָּא” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 158.

Urdu

Noun

גַּדָּא • (gadʱā) m

1. Judeo-Urdu spelling of گدھا (gadhā, “donkey”)‎‎.