إنجاص
South Levantine Arabic
Alternative forms
- نجاص (njāṣ)
Etymology
From a nasalised variant of Arabic إجّاص (ʔijjāṣ). Compare Moroccan Arabic نجاص (ngāṣ), لنجاص (langāṣ) and Algerian Arabic لنجاص (lanjāṣ).
Pronunciation
Noun
إنجاص • (ʔinjāṣ) m (collective, singulative إنجاصة f (ʔinjāṣa), plural إنجاصات (ʔinjāṣāt))
- (uncountable) pears