جدادة

Sudanese Arabic

جدادة

Etymology

From Arabic دَجَاجَة (dajāja) with metathesis. Cognate with Chadian Arabic جدادة (jidāde).

Noun

جدادة • (jidāda) f

1. chicken (singulative)
   • 2024, كِتاب العَهد الجَّديد مِن الكِتاب المُقَدَّس‎^[1], Pioneer Bible Translators, لُوقَا [Luke] 11:12:

     ولّا إذا يَطلُب مِنّو بيضَة جِداد يَدّيهو عَقرَب؟

     walla ʔiza yaṭlub minnu bēḍa jidād yaddīhu ʕagrab?

     And if he asks for a chicken egg, will he give him a scorpion?

Descendants

• Juba Arabic: jidaada
• Nubi: gidida

References

• Hillelson, Sigmar (1925), Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary‎^[2], London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government, page 53
• The Catholic Language Institute Khartoum (C.L.I.K) (2008), Spoken Arabic of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, page 306