See also: جزیره and جزیرہ
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Etymology

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Of the root ج ز ر (j-z-r). Likely an Aramaic topographic term, to be identified with Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גזרתא (a heap or slab of wood or stone) and Classical Syriac ܓܙܺܝܪܬܴ݁ܐ (gəzīrtā, a heap or slab of wood or stone; merlon; door-ring, specifically Mesopotamia), with the specific meaning of “island” but attested as Classical Syriac ܓܳܙܰܪܬܴ݁ܐ (gāzartā) and Old Armenian կղզի (kłzi) and Old Georgian კუნძული (ḳunʒuli); potentially reinterpreted from the Sumerian source of جِسْر (jisr, (wooden) bridge), though Semitic root derivation is superficially very plausible—from this root ج ز ر (j-z-r) / ג־ז־ר / ܓ-ܙ-ܪ (ɡ-z-r) related to “cutting, cheffing” one hardly has obtained the meaning of “an island” or “a major separated region” directly but rather by means of transferral from “smaller” meanings.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.ziː.ra/
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Noun

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جَزِيرَة (jazīraf (plural جَزَائِر (jazāʔir) or جُزُر (juzur))

  1. island
  2. peninsula
  3. area, region, territory, section, district; any separated location, especially one delimited by natural boundaries

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • gzrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, pages 112b–113a

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra).

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Noun

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جَزيرة (jazīraf (plural جُزُر (juzur))

  1. island
  2. isle

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra).

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Noun

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جزيرة (jazīref (plural جزر (juzor) or جزائر (jazāʔer))

  1. island