جنوب

See also: حنوت

Arabic

Etymology 1

From ج ن ب (j n b) with the base stem meaning “to go aside”, “to go far off in a direction”, ”to remove to a distance”, “to be remote”, “to change” or “to veer”, “to take off one's clothes” or “to lay them aside”. The direction originates as the name of a positively-viewed warm-moist southerly wind, the humid weather allowing clothes to be laid aside, whereas شَمَال (šamāl, “north”) comes from a root ش م ل (š m l) with the meaning “bundling up” or “wrapping up” because that wind by contrast necessitated wrapping up clothes. Also see Canopus, and سُهَيْل (suhayl, “Canopus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.nuːb/

• Audio:

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  • (Egypt) IPA^(key): /ɡa.nuːb/

Noun

جَنُوب • (janūb) m

1. south

Declension

Declension of noun جَنُوب (janūb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جَنُوب janūb	الْجَنُوب al-janūb	جَنُوب janūb
nominative	جَنُوبٌ janūbun	الْجَنُوبُ al-janūbu	جَنُوبُ janūbu
accusative	جَنُوبًا janūban	الْجَنُوبَ al-janūba	جَنُوبَ janūba
genitive	جَنُوبٍ janūbin	الْجَنُوبِ al-janūbi	جَنُوبِ janūbi

Coordinate terms

compass points: اِتِّجَاهَات الْبَوْصَلَةِ (ittijāhāt al-bawṣalati):  ^[edit]

شَمَال غَرْبِيّ (šamāl ḡarbiyy)	شَمَال (šamāl)	شَمَال شَرْقِيّ (šamāl šarqiyy)
غَرْب (ḡarb)		شَرْق (šarq)
جَنُوب غَرْبِيّ (janūb ḡarbiyy)	جَنُوب (janūb)	جَنُوب شَرْقِيّ (janūb šarqiyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cənub
• → Pashto: جنوب (ǰanúb)
• → Persian: جنوب (jonub)
• → Punjabi: ਜਨੂਬ (janūb)
• → Tajik: ҷануб (janub)
• → Ottoman Turkish: جنوب (cenüb)
  • Turkish: cenup
  • → Crimean Tatar: cenüp
• → Uyghur: جەنۇب (jenub)
• → Uzbek: janub

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “جنب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• “جنب” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 464-468.

Etymology 2

Root
ج ن ب (j n b)
9 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu.nuːb/

Noun

جُنُوب • (junūb) m pl

1. plural of جَنْب (janb)

Etymology 3

Root
ج ن ب (j n b)
9 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu.nuːb/

Noun

جُنُوب • (junūb) m

1. verbal noun of جَنَبَ (janaba) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun جُنُوب (junūb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جُنُوب junūb	الْجُنُوب al-junūb	جُنُوب junūb
nominative	جُنُوبٌ junūbun	الْجُنُوبُ al-junūbu	جُنُوبُ junūbu
accusative	جُنُوبًا junūban	الْجُنُوبَ al-junūba	جُنُوبَ junūba
genitive	جُنُوبٍ junūbin	الْجُنُوبِ al-junūbi	جُنُوبِ junūbi

Azerbaijani

Noun

جنوب

1. Arabic spelling of cənub

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ج ن ب
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَنُوب (janūb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.nuːb/

Noun

جنوب • (janūb) m

1. south

   Synonym: قبلة (qabla)

Derived terms

• جنوبي (janūbi, “southern”)

See also

compass points:  ^[edit]

	شمال (šamāl)
غرب (ḡarb)		شرق (šarq)
	جنوب (janūb)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَنُوب (janūb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒnuːb/

Noun

جنوب • (jnūb) m

1. south

See also

compass points:  ^[edit]

	شمال (šmāl)
غرب (ḡarb)		شرق (šarʔ)
	جنوب (jnūb)

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنُوب (janūb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuˈnʊb, d͡ʒaˈnʊb/

Noun

جنوب • (junūb) m

1. south

   Synonym: سوېل (swel)

Declension

Declension of جنوب

	singular	plural
direct	جنوب (junūb)	جنوبونه (junūbuna)
oblique	جنوب (junūb)	جنوبونو (junūbuno)
vocative	جنوبه (junūba)	جنوبونو (junūbuno)

Derived terms

• جنوبي (janūbī)

References

Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009), “جنوب”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنُوب (janūb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.ˈnuːb/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.núːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.núːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.núːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.núb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒo.núːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.núb]

Readings
Classical reading?	janūb
Dari reading?	janūb
Iranian reading?	jonub
Tajik reading?	janub

Noun

جنوب • (janūb / jonub) (Tajik spelling ҷануб)

1. south

   Synonym: نیمروز (nīmrōz / nimruz)

   وی در جنوب ایران زندگی می‌کند. (Iranian Persian)

   vey dar jonub-e irân zendegi mi-konad.

   He/she lives in the south of Iran.

   اون توی جنوب ایران زندگی می‌کنه. (Tehrani Persian)

   un tu-ye jonub-e irân zendegi mi-kone.

   He/she lives in the south of Iran.

2. (Iran) southern Iran

   سربازی نوید افتاده جنوب! ― sarbâzi-ye navid oftâde jonub! ― Navid's militiary service has been decided to be in southern Iran!

Derived terms

• جنوب شرقی (janūb-i šarqī / jonub-e šarġi)
• جنوب غربی (janūb-i ġarbī / jonub-e ġarbi)
• جنوبگان (janūbgān / jonubgân)
• جنوبی (janūbī / jonubi)
• قطب جنوب (qutb-i janūb / ġotb-e jonub)

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ج ن ب (0 c, 7 e)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ن ب
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَنُوب (janūb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.nuːb/, [ʒaˈnuːb]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

جنوب • (janūb) m

1. south

Derived terms

• جنوبي (janūbi, “southern”)

See also

compass points:  ^[edit]

	شمال (šamāl)
غرب (ḡarb)		شرق (šarq)
	جنوب (janūb)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جَنُوب (janūb), from Arabic جَنُوب (janūb)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.nuːb/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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Noun

جَنُوب • (janūb) m (Hindi spelling जनूब)

1. south

See also

compass points:  ^[edit]

شمال مغربی	شُمال (śumāl) شِمال (śimāl)	شمال مشرقی
مَغْرِب (maġrib)		مَشْرِق (maśriq)
جنوب مغربی	جَنُوب (janūb)	جنوب مشرقی

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “جنوب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 234
• “جنوب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.