Jubb'adin

Coordinates: 33°49′35″N 36°30′33″E / 33.826382°N 36.509215°E / 33.826382; 36.509215
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Jubb'adin
ܓܦܥܘܕ - גפעוד
جبعدين
Village
UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code11

Jubb'adin (

Arabic: جبعدين)[3] is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus in the Qalamoun Mountains. Nearby localities include Saidnaya and Rankous to the southwest, Yabroud and Maaloula to the northeast, and Assal al-Ward
to the northwest.

According to the

Syrian Civil War as a result of combat casualties and emigration. The village's inhabitants are all Sunni Muslims by religion and of Aramean (Syriac) descent.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Following their conversion to Islam in the 18th century, the inhabitants of Jubb'adin underwent a religious transformation, shifting from being exclusively Christian to entirely Muslim.[12][13]

The village is among the three last remaining villages where Western Neo-Aramaic is still spoken. Most of the younger people in the village are bilingual and speak both Western Neo-Aramaic and Syrian Arabic fluently. Jubb'adin is the main source of modern poetry written in the Western Neo-Aramaic language, thanks to its many poets. The environment is colder than in most other Syrian cities and villages due to its altitude.[14]

The main mosque in the village is called Jemʿa rāb "the Large Mosque" in Western Neo-Aramaic.

Etymology

The etymology of the village's name remains controversial. It is believed to be composed of two parts. The first part is Ġuppa "

Western Neo-Aramaic: ܥܘܕ), which could mean 'Eden
', making the name to mean "the well of Eden".

Another possibility is that it is a reference to Audius, who founded

‘Ad, who are mentioned in the Quran
.

Notable individuals

Famous individuals from the village include the Syrian actor Jalal Al-Taweel.

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate.(in Arabic)
  2. . Its Aramaic name is ġuppaҁōḏ, which is how its natives refer to it, while the word Jubaadin is the Arabized form of its name.
  3. ^ AntonSamuel (11 September 2017). "English: Maaloula 7". Commons.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. . Ich kenne das Dorf nicht, doch gehört habe ich davon. Was ist mit Malula?‹ fragte der festgehaltene Derwisch. >Das letzte Dorf der Aramäer< lachte einer der…
  5. . The fact that nearly all Arabic loans in Ma'lula originate from the period before the change from the rural dialect to the city dialect of Damascus shows that the contact between the Aramaeans and the Arabs was intimate…
  6. . Aramäer von Ǧubbˁadīn
  7. . Die arabischen Dialekte der Aramäer
  8. . Die Kontakte zwischen den drei Aramäer-dörfern sind nicht besonders stark.
  9. . Aramäern in Ma'lūla
  10. . Viele Aramäer arbeiten heute in Damaskus, Beirut oder in den Golfstaaten und verbringen nur die Sommermonate im Dorf.
  11. ^ "Hilfe für das Aramäerdorf Maaloula e.V. | an aid project in Syria".
  12. . …Western Neo-Aramaic (Spitaler 1938; Arnold 1990), which is attested in three villages whose speakers just a few generations ago were still entirely Christian.
  13. . The inhabitants of Bakh'a and Jubb'Adin are Muslims (since the eighteenth century), as is a large portion of the people of Ma'lula, while the rest have remained Christian, mostly of Melkite (Greek Catholic) persuasion. The retention of the "Christian" language after conversion to Islam is noteworthy.
  14. ^ Amar, Joseph (12 October 2012). "The Loss of Syria". Commonwealmagazine.org. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

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