جو

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Arabic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

جَوّ (jawwm (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

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Baluchi[edit]

Noun[edit]

جو (joho)

  1. barley

Persian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Phonetic Persian:
Traditional: [جَو]
Iranian: [جُو]
Readings
Classical reading? jaw
Dari reading? jaw
Iranian reading? jow
Tajik reading? jav

Noun[edit]

Dari جو
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷав

جو (jow)

  1. barley
  2. grain

Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Phonetic Persian:
Traditional: [جو]
Iranian: [جو]
Readings
Classical reading?
Dari reading?
Iranian reading? ju
Tajik reading?

Noun[edit]

Dari جو, جوی
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷӯ, ҷӯй

جو (ju)

  1. stream
  2. brook
  3. irrigation channel

Etymology 3[edit]

From Arabic جَوّ(jaww, weather, environment).

Noun[edit]

جو (javv)

  1. air
  2. sky
  3. atmosphere

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Phonetic Persian:
Traditional: [جو] ,[جُو]
Iranian: [جو]
Readings
Classical reading? jō, jū
Dari reading? jō, jū
Iranian reading? ju
Tajik reading? jü, ju

Verb[edit]

جو (ju)

  1. present stem form of جستن(jostan), suffixed form indicating "seeker"/"seeking"
Derived terms[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ج و و
2 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic جَوّ(jaww).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʒaww/, [ʒaw]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

جوّ (jawwm (plural أجواء(ʔajwāʔ))

  1. air
    Synonym: هوا(hawa)
  2. atmosphere
  3. weather
    Synonym: طقس(ṭaʔs)

Ternate[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

جو (Rumi joo)

  1. a shortening of جوو(joou)

References[edit]

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