جو

See also: چو‎, خو‎, Appendix:Variations of "gu", and Appendix:Variations of "jo"

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaww/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaww/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ʒaww/

Noun

جَوّ • (jaww) m (dual جَوَّانِ‎ (jawwāni), plural أَجْوَاء‎ (ʾajwāʾ) or جِوَاء‎ (jiwāʾ))

1. air (the apparently open space above the ground)

   Coordinate terms: بَحْر‎ (baḥr), بَرّ‎ (barr)

2. atmosphere
3. (figuratively) atmosphere (apparent mood)
4. wide valley
5. open pasture-ground
6. interior of a house

   Antonym: بَرّ‎ (barr)

7. hall

Declension

Declension of noun جَوّ (jaww)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوّ jaww	الْجَوّ‎ al-jaww	جَوّ jaww
Nominative	جَوٌّ jawwun	الْجَوُّ‎ al-jawwu	جَوُّ jawwu
Accusative	جَوًّا‎ jawwan	الْجَوَّ‎ al-jawwa	جَوَّ jawwa
Genitive	جَوٍّ jawwin	الْجَوِّ‎ al-jawwi	جَوِّ jawwi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوَّيْن‎ jawwayn	الْجَوَّيْن‎ al-jawwayn	جَوَّيْ‎ jawway
Nominative	جَوَّانِ‎ jawwāni	الْجَوَّانِ‎ al-jawwāni	جَوَّا‎ jawwā
Accusative	جَوَّيْنِ‎ jawwayni	الْجَوَّيْنِ‎ al-jawwayni	جَوَّيْ‎ jawway
Genitive	جَوَّيْنِ‎ jawwayni	الْجَوَّيْنِ‎ al-jawwayni	جَوَّيْ‎ jawway
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَجْوَاء‎‎; جِوَاء‎ ʾajwāʾ‎; jiwāʾ	الْأَجْوَاء‎‎; الْجِوَاء‎ al-ʾajwāʾ‎; al-jiwāʾ	أَجْوَاء‎‎; جِوَاء‎ ʾajwāʾ‎; jiwāʾ
Nominative	أَجْوَاءٌ‎‎; جِوَاءٌ‎ ʾajwāʾun‎; jiwāʾun	الْأَجْوَاءُ‎‎; الْجِوَاءُ‎ al-ʾajwāʾu‎; al-jiwāʾu	أَجْوَاءُ‎‎; جِوَاءُ‎ ʾajwāʾu‎; jiwāʾu
Accusative	أَجْوَاءً‎‎; جِوَاءً‎ ʾajwāʾan‎; jiwāʾan	الْأَجْوَاءَ‎‎; الْجِوَاءَ‎ al-ʾajwāʾa‎; al-jiwāʾa	أَجْوَاءَ‎‎; جِوَاءَ‎ ʾajwāʾa‎; jiwāʾa
Genitive	أَجْوَاءٍ‎‎; جِوَاءٍ‎ ʾajwāʾin‎; jiwāʾin	الْأَجْوَاءِ‎‎; الْجِوَاءِ‎ al-ʾajwāʾi‎; al-jiwāʾi	أَجْوَاءِ‎‎; جِوَاءِ‎ ʾajwāʾi‎; jiwāʾi

Derived terms

• جَوِّيّ‎ (jawwiyy)
• جَوَّانِيّ‎ (jawwāniyy)
• جَوّ الْيَمَامَة‎ (jaww al-yamāma, “Al-Yamama (ancient district in Saudi Arabia)”)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “جو”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

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Baluchi

Noun

جو • (joho)

1. barley

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (Šᵍ /jaw/), from Proto-Iranian *yáwah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaw/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaw/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒow/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒav/

Noun

Dari Persian	جو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷав (jav)

جو • (jow)

1. barley
2. grain

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (joi) or Middle Persian [script needed] (yoi), from Old Persian [script needed] (yauviya). Cognate with Northern Kurdish co and Sanskrit यव्या (yavyā).

Alternative forms

• جوی‎ (juy)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoː/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoː/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɵː/

Noun

Dari Persian	جو, جوی‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷӯ, ҷӯй (jü, jüy)

جو • (ju)

1. stream
2. brook
3. irrigation channel

Etymology 3

From Arabic جَوّ‎ (jaww, “weather, environment”).

Noun

جو • (javv)

1. air
2. sky
3. atmosphere

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu/

Verb

جو • (ju)

1. present stem form of جستن‎

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج و و‎

Etymology

From Arabic جَوّ‎ (jaww).

Noun

جوّ • (jaww) m (plural أجواء‎ (ʔajwāʔ))

1. air

   Synonym: هوا‎ (hawa)

2. atmosphere
3. weather

   Synonym: طقس‎ (ṭaʔs)

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Ternate

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒoː]

Noun

جو (Rumi joo)

1. a shortening of جوو‎ (“joou”)

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill