جو

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

Arabic

Noun

جَوّ • (jaww) m (plural أَجْوَاء (ʾajwāʾ) or جِوَاء (jiwāʾ))

1. atmosphere
2. air
3. sky
4. wide valley
5. open pasture-ground
6. interior of a house
7. hall
8. Al-Yamama (ancient district in Saudi Arabia)

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

References

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

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ǰaw) or [script needed] (yaw). Cognate with Avestan [script needed] (yava) and Sanskrit यव (yava).

Noun

Dari	جو
Iranian Persian	جو
Tajik	ҷав (jav)

جو • (jou)

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 Kurdish co and Sanskrit यव्या (yavyā).

Alternative forms

• جوی (juy)

Noun

Dari	جو, جوی
Iranian Persian	جو, جوی
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

Verb

جو • (ju)

1. present stem form of جستن.