See also: غزه, غره, and غرة

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Etymology

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Attested in Egyptian and Akkadian, but ultimately of unknown origin. More at Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (Ġazzā).

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غَزَّة (ḡazzaf

  1. Gaza (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, in the Levant)
    • a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān][1], volume 3, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1868, page 799:
    • 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Book of Judges, 16:1:
      ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى غَزَّةَ، وَرَأَى هُنَاكَ ٱمْرَأَةً زَانِيَةً فَدَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا.
      ṯumma ḏahaba šamšūnu ʔilā ḡazzata, wa-raʔā hunāka mraʔatan zāniyatan fa-daḵala ʔilayhā.
      Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic غَزَّة (ḡazza), ultimately of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣaz.ze/, [ˈɣaz.ze]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Proper noun

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غزّة (ḡazzef

  1. Gaza (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, in the Levant)

Derived terms

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