yd

yd

abbrev.

yard(s): also, for the plural, yds

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Common Semitic noun *yad-, hand.

1.

a. iota, jot, from Greek iōta, iota;

b. yodh, from Hebrew yōd, yodh. Both a and b from Phoenician *yōd, hand, tenth letter of the Phoenician alphabet.

2. Betelgeuse, ultimately from Arabic yad al-jawzāʾ, hand of Gemini, from yad, hand.

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