# جدة
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Feminine of جَدّ (jadd, “grandfather, ancestor”).

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /d͡ʒad.da/

#### Noun

جَدَّة • (jadda) f (plural جَدَّات (jaddāt), masculine جَدّ (jadd))
* grandmother

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

* Root
* ج د د (j d d)
* 15 terms
Cognate with Aramaic גידא / גודא, a length, a strip, a row, or patch; hence a strip of land by the sea, a tract near a body of water.

#### Noun

جُدَّة • (judda) f (plural جُدَد (judad))
* streak, tract, path, stria
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:27:وَمِنَ الْجِبَالِ جُدَدٌ بِيضٌ وَحُمْرٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهَا وَغَرَابِيبُ سُودٌwa-mina l-jibāli judadun bīḍun wa-ḥumrun muḵtalifun ʔalwānuhā wa-ḡarābību sūdunAnd in the barrows there are streaks of bright white, of reds of sundry shades, and of raven’s black.

##### Declension
#### Noun

جِدَّة or جُدَّة • (jidda or judda) f (obsolete)
* bank, side, edge of a water body

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

جِدَّة or جُدَّة • (jidda or judda) f
* Jeddah (a port city in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Verbal noun of جَدَّ (jadda, “to be new”).

#### Noun

جِدَّة • (jidda) f
* verbal noun of جَدَّ (jadda, “to be new”) (form I)
* newness, recency
** 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Epistle to the Romans, 6:4:فَدُفِنَّا مَعَهُ بِالْمَعْمُودِيَّةِ لِلْمَوْتِ، حَتَّى كَمَا أُقِيمَ الْمَسِيحُ مِنَ الْأَمْوَاتِ، بِمَجْدِ الْآبِ، هٰكَذَا نَسْلُكُ نَحْنُ أَيْضًا فِي جِدَّةِ الْحَيَاةِ؟fa-dufinnā maʕahu bi-l-maʕmūdiyyati li-l-mawti, ḥattā kamā ʔuqīma l-masīḥu mina l-ʔamwāti, bi-majdi l-ʔābi, hākaḏā nasluku naḥnu ʔayḍan fī jiddati al-ḥayāti?Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
* novelty
* modernness, modernity
* rebirth, renaissance

##### Declension
### References

* “gd$^2$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Badawi, Elsaid M., Abdel Haleem, Muhammad (2008) Arabic-English Dictionary of Qurʾanic Usage (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 85), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 157
* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 285
* Freytag, Georg (1830) “جدة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 250–251

## Egyptian Arabic
### Alternative forms

* جدّه (alternative spelling)

### Etymology

From Arabic جَدَّة (jadda). By surface analysis, جدّ (gidd, “grandfather”) +‎ ـة (-a, feminine suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡid.da/

### Noun

جدّة • (gidda) f (plural جدّات (giddāt))
* grandmother
    Synonyms: تيتة (tēta) (familiar), ستّ (sitt) (informal, construct only)
    Coordinate term: جدّ (gidd, “grandfather”)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic جَدَّة (jadda).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒad.da/

#### Noun

جَدَّة • (jadda) f (plural جدات (jaddāt), masculine جد (jadd))
* grandmother
    Synonyms: سِتّ (sitt), سِتُّو (sittu)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic جِدَّة (jidda).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒid.da/, [d͡ʒɪdda], [ʒɪdda]

#### Proper noun

جِدَّة • (jidda) f
* Jeddah (a port city in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic جَدَّة (jadda).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒad.de/, [ˈʒad.de]
* IPA: /ʒad.da/, [ˈʒad.da]
* IPA: /ʒid.da/, [ˈʒid.da]
* IPA: /ʒid.de/, [ˈʒid.de]
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### Noun

جدة • (jadde, jidde) f (plural جدات (jaddāt), masculine جد (jadd, jidd))
* grandmother
    Synonyms: ست (sitt), تيتا (tēta, “grandma”)