صيدا

See also: صیدا

Arabic

Etymology

From the native North Levantine Arabic صَيْدَا (ṣaydā), perhaps a reshaping of صَيْدُون (ṣaydūn) (itself still the name of a nearby Lebanese village) in the same vein as the many Levantine and especially Lebanese and Syrian villages whose name ends in ـا (-ā). Ultimately from or cognate to Classical Syriac ܨܰܝܕ݁ܳܢ (ṣaydon) from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn /⁠ṣīdūn⁠/). Cognate with Aramaic ܨܝܕܘܢ (ṣīdōn), Hebrew צִידוֹן (ṣīḏōn), Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), Latin Sīdōn.

Proper noun

صَيْدَا • (Ṣaydā) f

1. Saïda (a city in Lebanon), the ancient Sidon (a former city-state in Phoenicia)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: صیدا (Sayda)
  • Turkish: Sayda
• French: Saïda
  • English: Saida, Saïda

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

See etymology of Arabic صَيْدَا (ṣaydā).

Pronunciation

• (chiefly Lebanon)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsˤaj.da/; [sˤæj-, sˤej-]

Proper noun

صيدا • (ṣayda) f

1. Saïda (a city in Lebanon)