English
jereed
Jereed comes from Ottoman Turkish جرید ‘jereed, a blunt javelin used by the Turkish…’, and goes back to Arabic جَرِيد ‘defoliated palm’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentجَرِيد‘defoliated palm’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928جریدcirid‘jereed, a blunt javelin used by the Turkish people, especially in mock fights’
- Englishearliest quotation 1813jereed
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentجَرِيد‘defoliated palm’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928جریدcirid‘jereed, a blunt javelin used by the Turkish people, especially in mock fights’
- Englishearliest quotation 1813jereed
Earliest quotation: 1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour: “The spur hath lanced his courser's sides— Away—away—for life…”
Every English word from Arabic جَرِيد
Today it means
noun A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic جَرِيد / jereed