يد
Pronunciation: /jad/
“يد” is an Arabic word. Its 17 meanings in English:
noun
- an appendage of a body (as of an animal)
- a foreleg
- the upper limb, the arm
- a wing
- the covering of the arm, the arm of a garment, the sleeve
- pestle for a mortar (this is the normal term for it in Arabic)
- tiller of a rudder
- armrest of an armchair
- handle of an axe or hatchet
- handle of a quernstone
- tip of an archery bow
- the part of the upper limb between the wrist and the fingertips, the terminal portion of the arm, the hand
- the capacity to handle a thing, ability, power, kingship, ownership, help, grip, control, hand, dexterity, métier and so on
- flock of sheep
- a portion of a meadow snithen by two to three grasscutters or harvestmen in a row
- a vine row of 30, 40 or 60 cubits depending on the terrain worked by four vignerons one after the other
- a quire of paper
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *yad-, whence was derived the root ي د ي (y d y).
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