South Levantine Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From a nasalised variant of Arabic إجّاص (ʔijjāṣ). Compare Moroccan Arabic نجاص (ngāṣ), لنجاص (langāṣ) and Algerian Arabic لنجاص (lanjāṣ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔin.ʒaːsˤ/, [ʔɪnˈʒɑːsˤ], [ʔɪnˈd͡ʒɑːsˤ]
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Noun edit

إنجاص (ʔinjāṣm (collective, singulative إنجاصة f (ʔinjāṣa), plural إنجاصات (ʔinjāṣāt))

  1. (uncountable) pears