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"etymology_number": 3,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Jesse"
},
"expansion": "Jesse",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Ἰεσσαί"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί (Iessaí)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "he",
"3": "יִשַׁי",
"tr": "Yishai"
},
"expansion": "Hebrew יִשַׁי (Yishai)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Variant of Jesse, from Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί (Iessaí), from Hebrew יִשַׁי (Yishai).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Jessie",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English eye dialect",
"English given names",
"English male given names",
"English male given names from Hebrew"
],
"glosses": [
"A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Jesse."
],
"links": [
[
"eye dialect",
"eye dialect"
],
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Jesse",
"Jesse#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, eye dialect) A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Jesse."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"pronunciation-spelling"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-Jessie.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ab/En-au-Jessie.ogg/En-au-Jessie.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/En-au-Jessie.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "Jessie"
}
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