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Jade is a given name derived from the ornamental stone jade, which is used in artwork and in jewellery-making. The name is derived from the Spanish piedra de la ijada, which means "stone of the bowels". [1] There was a belief that when jade was placed on the stomach, it could cure colic in babies. [2] The stone is greatly valued in Asian countries.
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Some common Christian names are: Arabic versions of Christian names (e.g. saints' names: Buṭrus for Peter, Boulos for Paul). Names of Greek, Armenian, and Aramaic origin, which are also used by ethnically "non-Arab" Christians such as Armenians, Assyrians, Copts and Syriac Christians. Use of European names, especially French, and English.
Ḥ-M-D (Arabic: ح-م-د, Hebrew: ח-מ-ד) is the triconsonantal Semitic root of many Arabic and some Hebrew words. Many of those words are used as names. Many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root is "to praise" in Arabic and "to desire" in Hebrew.
The Arabic alphabet, [a] or the Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as specifically codified for writing the Arabic language. It is written from right-to-left in a cursive style, and includes 28 letters, [ b ] of which most have contextual letterforms.
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The name jadeite is derived (via French: jade and Latin: ilia [6]) from the Spanish phrase "piedra de ijada" which means "stone of the side". The Latin version of the name, lapis nephriticus , is the origin of the term nephrite , which is a different mineral that also shares the common name jade .