feddann.

Brit.

/fɛˈdɑːn/, U.S.

/fɛˈdɑn/

Inflections: Plural feddans, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s– faddan, 1800s– fedan, 1800s– feddan, 1900s– fadan, 1900s– faddaan, 1900s– feddaan.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic faddān.

Etymology: < Arabic faddān, extended use of faddān yoke of oxen.

A unit of area for land used in some Arab countries, approximately equal to an acre (0.42 hectare).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > Egyptian unit

feddan1789

1789 tr. Accts. MS in Libr. King of France II. 131 A faddan of cane produces between forty and fifty ebloudje of sugar-candy.

a1817 J. L. Burckhardt Arabic Prov. (1830) 134 A piece of ground comprising seventeen feddáns.

1877 J. C. McCoan Egypt as it Is ix. 183 The small proprietors who own from fifty to several hundred feddans.

1882 Standard 13 Oct. 5/4 Two hundred thousand fedans or acres of land.

1969 D. Johnson-Davies tr. T. Salih in C. Achebe & C. L. Innes Afr. Short Stories (1987) 91 I didn't own a single feddan when I first set foot in this village.

2004 C. Katz Growing up Global ii. 39 One laborer was necessary to pick each feddan of cotton.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	feddan
释义	feddann. Brit. /fɛˈdɑːn/, U.S. /fɛˈdɑn/ Inflections: Plural feddans, unchanged. Forms: 1800s– faddan, 1800s– fedan, 1800s– feddan, 1900s– fadan, 1900s– faddaan, 1900s– feddaan. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic faddān. Etymology: < Arabic faddān, extended use of faddān yoke of oxen. A unit of area for land used in some Arab countries, approximately equal to an acre (0.42 hectare). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > Egyptian unit feddan1789 1789 tr. Accts. MS in Libr. King of France II. 131 A faddan of cane produces between forty and fifty ebloudje of sugar-candy. a1817 J. L. Burckhardt Arabic Prov. (1830) 134 A piece of ground comprising seventeen feddáns. 1877 J. C. McCoan Egypt as it Is ix. 183 The small proprietors who own from fifty to several hundred feddans. 1882 Standard 13 Oct. 5/4 Two hundred thousand fedans or acres of land. 1969 D. Johnson-Davies tr. T. Salih in C. Achebe & C. L. Innes Afr. Short Stories (1987) 91 I didn't own a single feddan when I first set foot in this village. 2004 C. Katz Growing up Global ii. 39 One laborer was necessary to pick each feddan of cotton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789
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