جٞزِيرٞه، جَزِيرٞه
gezíreʰ, gazíreʰ
basic morphological information

n. (f)

island (Soqotra)
остров (Сокотра)
جَزِيرَة
CSOL I 548; CSOL II 469
text examples

wa-sémek de be-waḳt šérḳeḥ afráng di-gezíreʰ di-saḳɔ́ṭri wa-der méyhen faḳḥ šey ‘Around this time, Europeans arrived on the island of Soqotra, and some of them settled near his territory.’ (CSOL I 3:2)

etymology

An Arabism (Wehr 123, Behnstedt 187)