غزة

See also: غزه, غره, and غرة

Arabic

Etymology

Attested in Egyptian and Akkadian, but ultimately of unknown origin. More at Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (Ġazzā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣaz.za/

Proper noun

غَزَّة • (ḡazza) f

  1. Gaza (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine)
    • a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎, volume 3, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1868, page 799:
    • 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Book of Judges, 16:1:
      ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى غَزَّةَ، وَرَأَى هُنَاكَ ٱمْرَأَةً زَانِيَةً فَدَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا.
      ṯumma ḏahaba šamšūnu ʔilā ḡazzata, wa-raʔā hunāka mraʔatan zāniyatan fa-daḵala ʔilayhā.
      Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

Declension
Declension of noun غَزَّة (ḡazza)
Singular singular diptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — غَزَّة
ḡazza		 —
Nominative — غَزَّةُ
ḡazzatu		 —
Accusative — غَزَّةَ
ḡazzata		 —
Genitive — غَزَّةَ
ḡazzata		 —

Derived terms
  • غَزِّيّ (ḡazziyy), غَزَّاوِيّ (ḡazzāwiyy, “Gazan”)
  • قِطَاع غَزَّة (qiṭāʕ ḡazza, “the Gaza Strip”)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic غَزَّة (ḡazza), ultimately of unknown origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣaz.ze/, [ˈɣaz.ze]
  • Audio (al-Lidd)(file)

Proper noun

غزّة • (ḡazze) f

  1. Gaza (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine)

Derived terms
  • غزّاوي (ḡazzāwi, “Gazan”)
  • قطاع غزّة (qiṭāʕ ḡazze, “the Gaza Strip”)
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