jedd
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic يَد (yad, “authority”, literally “hand”). Compare Latin manus, which may have influenced the semantic development. Doublet of id (“hand”), which continues the common dialectal Arabic form, while jedd was a more formal word that appeared in the classical shape.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɛt/
Noun
jedd m (plural jeddijiet)
- a right; an entitlement
- Synonym: dritt (commoner)