Jubb'adin

Jubb'adin

ܓܦܥܘܕ - גפעוד
جبعدين
Jubb'adin ܓܦܥܘܕ - גפעוד جبعدين
Village
	Jubb'adin
	Coordinates: 33°49′35″N 36°30′33″E / 33.826382°N 36.509215°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
District	al-Qutayfah
Subdistrict	Maaloula
Control	Syrian Opposition
Population (2004 census)
• Total	3,778
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code	11

Jubb'adin (Western Neo-Aramaic: ܓܦܥܘܕ - גפעוד Ġuppaʿōḏ lit. 'the well of Eden or the well of Audius',^[2] Arabic: جبعدين)^[3] is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus in the Qalamoun Mountains. Nearby localities include Saidnaya and Rankous to the southwest, Yabroud and Maaloula to the northeast, and Assal al-Ward to the northwest.

The village is among the two last remaining villages where Western Neo-Aramaic is still spoken. Most of the younger people in the village are bilingual and speak both Western Neo-Aramaic and Syrian Arabic fluently. Jubb'adin is the main source of modern poetry written in the Western Neo-Aramaic language, thanks to its many poets. The environment is colder than in most other Syrian cities and villages due to its altitude.^[4]

The main mosque in the village is called Jemʿa rāb "the Large Mosque" in Western Neo-Aramaic.

^ Cite error: The named reference CBS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Abou-Ismail, Anas (2020). Western Neo-Aramaic: The Dialect of Jubaadin. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-5275-5046-9. Its Aramaic name is ġuppaҁōḏ, which is how its natives refer to it, while the word Jubaadin is the Arabized form of its name.
^ AntonSamuel (11 September 2017). "English: Maaloula 7". Commons.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ Amar, Joseph (12 October 2012). "The Loss of Syria". Commonwealmagazine.org. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

[CBS-1] Cite error: The named reference CBS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] Abou-Ismail, Anas (2020). Western Neo-Aramaic: The Dialect of Jubaadin. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-5275-5046-9. Its Aramaic name is ġuppaҁōḏ, which is how its natives refer to it, while the word Jubaadin is the Arabized form of its name.

[3] AntonSamuel (11 September 2017). "English: Maaloula 7". Commons.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

[4] Amar, Joseph (12 October 2012). "The Loss of Syria". Commonwealmagazine.org. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

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