جنوری

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from English January.

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒän.wä.ɾíː]

Readings
Dari reading?	janwarī

Proper noun

Dari	جنوری
Iranian Persian	ژانویه
Tajik	январ

جنوری • (janwarī)

1. (Dari, Indo-Persian) January

See also

Gregorian calendar months in Persian · مَاه‌هَایِ تَقْوِیمِ گِریگورِی (māh-hā-yi taqwīm-i girēgōrī) (Dari Persian) (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
جَنْوَرِی (janwarī)	فِبْرُوَرِی (fibruwarī)	مَارْچ (mārč)	اَپْریل (aprēl)
May	June	July	August
می (mē)	جُون (jūn)	جُولَای (jūlāy)	آگِسْت (āgist), اَگِسْت (agist)
September	October	November	December
سِپْتِمْبَر (siptimbar)	اَکْتوبَر (aktōbar)	نَوِمْبَر (nawimbar)	دِسِمْبَر (disimbar)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-der.

Latin iānus

Latin Iānus

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsjos

Latin -arius

Latin Iānuāriusder.

Anglo-Norman geneverbor.

Middle English Janevere

Middle English Januarie

English Januarybor.

Classical Persian جَنْوَرِی (janwarī)bor.?

Urdu جنوری

Borrowed from English January. Possibly through Classical Persian جَنْوَرِی (janwarī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒən.ʋə.ɾiː/

Proper noun

جَنْوَرِی • (janvarī) f (Hindi spelling जनवरी)

1. January

Descendants

• →? Kashmiri: جَنؤری (janvạrī) (or directly from English)
• →? Punjabi: ਜਨਵਰੀ / جَنْوَرِی (janvarī) (or directly from English)

See also

Gregorian calendar months: عِیسْوی تَقْوِیم ('īsvī taqvīm)edit

• جَنْوَری (janvarī)
• فَرْوَری (farvarī)
• مارْچ (mārc)
• اَپْرَیل (aprail)
• مَئی (maī)
• جُون (jūn)
• جُولائی (jūlāī)
• اَگَسْت (agast)
• سِتَمْبَر (sitambar)
• اَکْتُوبَر (aktūbar)
• نَوَمْبَر (navambar)
• دِسَمْبَر (disambar)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “جنوری”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 393
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “جنوری”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 234
• “جنوری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.