Etymograph

English

Javadd

Javadd comes from Arabic جَوَاد ‘goodness, generous, bountiful’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentجَوَاد‘goodness, generous, bountiful’literally ‘generous’
  2. EnglishtodayJavadd

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentجَوَاد‘goodness, generous, bountiful’literally ‘generous’
  2. EnglishtodayJavadd

The story

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاد (jawād, literally “generous”).

Today it means

name A male given name from Arabic in Arabic-speaking cultures

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic جَوَاد / Javadd