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يد

Pronunciation: /jad/

“يد” is an Arabic word. Its 17 meanings in English:

noun

  1. an appendage of a body (as of an animal)
  2. a foreleg
  3. the upper limb, the arm
  4. a wing
  5. the covering of the arm, the arm of a garment, the sleeve
  6. pestle for a mortar (this is the normal term for it in Arabic)
  7. tiller of a rudder
  8. armrest of an armchair
  9. handle of an axe or hatchet
  10. handle of a quernstone
  11. tip of an archery bow
  12. the part of the upper limb between the wrist and the fingertips, the terminal portion of the arm, the hand
  13. the capacity to handle a thing, ability, power, kingship, ownership, help, grip, control, hand, dexterity, métier and so on
  14. flock of sheep
  15. a portion of a meadow snithen by two to three grasscutters or harvestmen in a row
  16. a vine row of 30, 40 or 60 cubits depending on the terrain worked by four vignerons one after the other
  17. a quire of paper

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *yad-, whence was derived the root ي د ي (y d y).

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