Jemima

ইংরেজি

ব্যুৎপত্তি

From the name of a minor biblical character, from হিব্রু יְמִימָה (“dove”). By folk etymology also used as a feminine form of James.

নামবাচক বিশেষ্য

Jemima

1. A নারী মূলনাম from হিব্রু.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 42:13-15:

     He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

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   • 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter XVII, in Ruth:

     -- and at last Jemima was fixed upon, because it would do either for a Scripture name or for a heroine out of a book."
     "I did not know Jemima was a Scripture name," said Ruth.
     "Oh yes, it is. One of Job's daughters; Jemima, Kezia, and Keren-Happuch. There are a good many Jemimas in the world, and some Kezias, but I never heard of a Keren-Happuch; and yet we know just as much of one as of another. People really like a pretty name, whether Scripture or out of it."

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   • 2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin, published 2006, →ISBN, page 51:

     But then, thought Kiki, they were brought up that way, these white American boys: I'm the Aunt Jemima on the cookie boxes of their childhoods, the pair of thick ankles Tom and Jerry played around. Of course they find me funny.

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   • 2011, Ann Cleeves, Hidden Depths, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 165:a:

     Fancy southern names which she couldn't remember five minutes after they'd told her. Camilla? Amelia? Jemima? It didn't matter. Ashworth would have made a note of them.

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Usage notes

• Jemima has largely fallen out of use in উত্তর America due to the association with advertising character Aunt Jemima, interpreted as a racial stereotype of African-Americans. See Aunt Jemima.

Translations

নারী given name

• ফিনিশ: Jemina (fi)

বিশেষ্য

Jemima (plural Jemimas)

1. An elastic-sided boot.

অ্যানাগ্রাম

• jammie

ফ্যারো

নামবাচক বিশেষ্য

Jemima f

1. a নারী মূলনাম

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Jemima: Jemimuson
• daughter of Jemima: Jemimudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Jemima
Accusative	Jemimu
Dative	Jemimu
Genitive	Jemimu