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Ḏj̲arīda
(16,453 words)
, literally “leaf”, which has become the usual term in modern Arabic for a newspaper, its adoption being attributed to Fāris al-S̲h̲idyāḳ [
q.v.]. Its synonym
ṣaḥīfa is less used in the sing., but the plural
ṣuḥuf is more common than
d̲j̲arāʾid . Some interest in the European press was shown by the Ottomans as early as the 18th century and, it would seem, excerpts from European newspapers were translated for the information of the
dīwān (Prussian despatch from Constantinople, of 1780, cited by J. W. Zinkeisen,
Geschichte
des osmanischen
Reiches , vi, Gotha 1859, …