جاود

Persian

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian յաւէտ (yawēt), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.ˈwið]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.wɪ́d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.wɪ́d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.wɪ́d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔː.wíd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒː.véd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔ.víd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	jāwiḏ
Dari reading?	jāwid
Iranian reading?	jâved
Tajik reading?	jovid

Adjective

جاود • (jâved)

1. eternal, perpetual

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جاود”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul