جمعية

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Arabic

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Root
ج م ع (j m ʕ)
29 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جَمْعِيَّة (jamʕiyyaf (plural جَمْعِيَّات (jamʕiyyāt))

  1. association; club; society; assembly
    الْجَمْعِيَّةُ الْعَامَّةُ لِلْأُمَمِ الْمُتَّحِدَةِal-jamʕiyyatu l-ʕāmmatu lilʔumami l-muttaḥidatiUnited Nations General Assembly (literally, “the General Assembly of the Organisation of the United Nations”)
  2. (Kuwait) publicly funded and operated supermarkets

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “جمع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Gulf Arabic

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Etymology

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From publicly funded and operated supermarkets in Kuwait referred to officially and colloquially by that name. From Arabic جَمْعِيّة (jamʕiyya).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جمعية (jamʿīyaf (construct state جمعية (jamʿiyat), plural جمعيات (jamʿīyāt))

  1. supermarket, grocery store

See also

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