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Etymology 1

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Equalling Classical Syriac ܓܘܢܐ (gunnā, a large vessel, a bronze pot). Based on the Imperial Aramaic meaning of a “large grain sack”, considered an Iranian borrowing, maybe equal to Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī́, sack), from Dravidian, so cognate with English gunny.

Noun

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جُونَة or جَوْنَة (jūna or jawnaf (plural جُوَن (juwan) or جَوَانٍ (jawānin))

  1. receptacle for bottles, for example a wine cask or perfume cask
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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جُونَة (jūnaf

  1. alternative form of جُون (jūn, bay, lagoon)
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Etymology 3

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جَوْن (jawn, reddish-black) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Noun

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جَوْنَة (jawnaf

  1. blackness tinged with red
  2. the Sun
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References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “جونة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 236
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 169–170
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “جونة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 327
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “جونة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 491–492
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “جونة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[4] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 359
  • Maraqten, Mohammed (1993) “Wine Drinking and Wine Prohibition in Arabia before Islam”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, volume 23, page 97
  • gwn2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–