جناح
Meaning
- wing (organ of flight)
- wing (part of army)
- wing (part of building)
- shoulder, arm, hand
- side, edge
- fin
- projecting roof
- protection, refuge
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/d͡ʒa.naːħ/
Etymology
Uncertain; no Semitic cognates exist which are not suspected to be borrowed from Arabic. Likely related to Egyptian ḏnḥ, either through inheritance or through borrowing; also compare جَنَحَ (janaḥa, “to lean”) (both referring to the concept of side).
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