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 (ʔajwāʔ) or جِوَاء‎ (jiwāʔ))

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

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

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

   Antonym: بَرّ‎ (barr)

8. 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 ʔajwāʔ‎; jiwāʔ	الْأَجْوَاء‎‎; الْجِوَاء‎ al-ʔajwāʔ‎; al-jiwāʔ	أَجْوَاء‎‎; جِوَاء‎ ʔajwāʔ‎; jiwāʔ
Nominative	أَجْوَاءٌ‎‎; جِوَاءٌ‎ ʔajwāʔun‎; jiwāʔun	الْأَجْوَاءُ‎‎; الْجِوَاءُ‎ al-ʔajwāʔu‎; al-jiwāʔu	أَجْوَاءُ‎‎; جِوَاءُ‎ ʔajwāʔu‎; jiwāʔu
Accusative	أَجْوَاءً‎‎; جِوَاءً‎ ʔajwāʔan‎; jiwāʔan	الْأَجْوَاءَ‎‎; الْجِوَاءَ‎ al-ʔajwāʔa‎; al-jiwāʔa	أَجْوَاءَ‎‎; جِوَاءَ‎ ʔajwāʔa‎; jiwāʔa
Genitive	أَجْوَاءٍ‎‎; جِوَاءٍ‎ ʔajwāʔin‎; jiwāʔin	الْأَجْوَاءِ‎‎; الْجِوَاءِ‎ al-ʔajwāʔi‎; al-jiwāʔi	أَجْوَاءِ‎‎; جِوَاءِ‎ ʔajwāʔi‎; jiwāʔi

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

Baluchi

Noun

جو • (joho)

1. barley

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒaw]

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäw]

• (Iran, formal/TEH) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒow]

• (Tajik, formal/DUS) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäw]

• Phonetic Persian:

Traditional: [جَو]‎

Iranian: [جُو]‎

Readings
Classical reading?	jaw
Dari reading?	jaw
Iranian reading?	jow
Tajik reading?	jav

Noun

Dari	جو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷав

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, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː]

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː]
  • (Hazaragi/approx.) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊː]

• (Iran, formal/TEH) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuː]

• (Tajik, formal/DUS) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɵ]

• Phonetic Persian:

Traditional: [جو]‎

Iranian: [جو]‎

Readings
Classical reading?	jō
Dari reading?	jō
Iranian reading?	ju
Tajik reading?	jü

Noun

Dari	جو, جوی‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷӯ, ҷӯй

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): [d͡ʒoː], [d͡ʒuː]

 

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː], [d͡ʒuː]

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː], [d͡ʒuː]
  • (Hazaragi/approx.) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊː], [d͡ʒuː]

• (Iran, formal/TEH) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuː]

• (Tajik, formal/DUS) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɵ], [d͡ʒu]

• Phonetic Persian:

Traditional: [جو] ,[جُو]‎

Iranian: [جو]‎

Readings
Classical reading?	jō, jū
Dari reading?	jō, jū
Iranian reading?	ju
Tajik reading?	jü, ju

Verb

جو • (ju)

1. present stem form of جستن‎ (jostan), suffixed form indicating "seeker"/"seeking"

Derived terms

• جنگجو‎ (jangju)
• دانشجو‎ (danishju)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج و و‎
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَوّ‎ (jaww).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaww/, [ʒaw]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

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

1. air

   Synonym: هوا‎ (hawa)

2. atmosphere
3. weather

   Synonym: طقس‎ (ṭaʔs)

Ternate

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