جورجيا

Arabic

Alternative forms

• جِيُورْجِيَا‎ (jiyorjiyā)

Etymology 1

Imitating a European language, compare English Georgia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒor.d͡ʒi.jaː/

Proper noun

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.)

Declension

Declension of noun جُورْجِيَا (jorjiyā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	جُورْجِيَا jorjiyā	—
Nominative	—	جُورْجِيَا jorjiyā	—
Accusative	—	جُورْجِيَا jorjiyā	—
Genitive	—	جُورْجِيَا jorjiyā	—

Derived terms

• جُورْجِيّ‎ (jorjiyy)

See also

• كُرْج‎ (kurj)
• جَرْجَان‎ (jarjān)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuːr.d͡ʒi.jaː/

Noun

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]‎^[1]:

     ‏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.

Declension

Declension of noun جُورْجِيَا (jūrjiyā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُورْجِيَا jūrjiyā	الْجُورْجِيَا‎ al-jūrjiyā	جُورْجِيَا jūrjiyā
Nominative	جُورْجِيَا jūrjiyā	الْجُورْجِيَا‎ al-jūrjiyā	جُورْجِيَا jūrjiyā
Accusative	جُورْجِيَا jūrjiyā	الْجُورْجِيَا‎ al-jūrjiyā	جُورْجِيَا jūrjiyā
Genitive	جُورْجِيَا jūrjiyā	الْجُورْجِيَا‎ al-jūrjiyā	جُورْجِيَا jūrjiyā

References

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