جرجس
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جرجس¹
- /d͡ʒur.d͡ʒus/
- [ˈɡerɡes] Egypt
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).
proper noun جُرْجُس · jurjus · -
- George, a legendary Christian martyr
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English George
جرجس²
- /d͡ʒir.d͡ʒis/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Aramaic גַּרְגִּישְׁתָּא (gargīštā) / ܓܰܪܓܶܫܬܴܐ (gargeštā), of unknown origin.
noun جِرْجِس · jirjis · الْجِرْجِس · جِرْجِسٌ
- sealing earth, terra sigillata
- a kind of lunt or fuse from rope grass وَمِنْ عَجَائِبِ مِصْرَ : حَشِيشَةٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا ٱلدِّيسُ ، يُتَّخَذُ مِنْهَا حِبَالٌ لِلسُّفُنِ ، تُسَمَّى تِلْكَ ٱلْحِبَالُ ٱلْقِرْقِسُ، يُؤْخَذُ مِنَ ٱلْقِرْقِسِ قِطْعَةٌ فَيُشْعَلُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ كَٱلشَّمْعِ ، ثُمَّ يُطْفِئُ فَيَمْكُثُ سَائِرَ ٱللَّيْلِ ، فَإِذَا ٱحْتَاجُوا إِلَيْهِ أَخَذُو
جرجس³
- /d͡ʒir.d͡ʒis/
Where it comes from
From Classical Syriac ܓܰܪܓܳܣܴܐ (gargāsā, “a type of gnats”), ultimately probably onomatopoeic. Compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic דגירגצא, גירגצא, גרגצא.
noun جِرْجِس · jirjis · جِرْجِسَة · الْجِرْجِس
- any Nematocera insect: crane flies, gnats, mosquitoes فَلَيْتَ ٱلْأَفَاعِي يَعْضَضْنَنَا … مَكَانَ البَرَاغِيثِ وَٱلْقِرْقِسِ يُحَرَّمْنَ جَنْبِيَّ نَوْمَ الْفِرَاشِ … وَيُؤْذِينَ جِسْمِيَ إِنْ أَجْلَسِ
- bimaculated lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata), of which Melanocorypha bimaculata subsp. rufescens occurs in summer in Arabia and Northeastern Africa and in the Northern and Western edges of Greater Syria in winter, a gamebird, the other subspecies Melanocorypha bimaculata subsp. bimaculata East and South of the Caspian Sea)
In English
- George male given name
- Saint George patron saint of England
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