جون

See also: جوں‎, خون‎, and چون‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Equivalent to English lagoon, via a Romance source with the la- part interpreted as article.

Alternative forms

• جُونَة‎ (jūna)

Noun

جُون • (jūn, jōn) m (plural أَجْوَان‎ (ʾajwān))

1. bay, inlet, gulf, lagoon

Declension

Declension of noun جُون (jūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُون jūn	الْجُون‎ al-jūn	جُون jūn
Nominative	جُونٌ jūnun	الْجُونُ‎ al-jūnu	جُونُ jūnu
Accusative	جُونًا‎ jūnan	الْجُونَ‎ al-jūna	جُونَ jūna
Genitive	جُونٍ jūnin	الْجُونِ‎ al-jūni	جُونِ jūni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُونَيْن‎ jūnayn	الْجُونَيْن‎ al-jūnayn	جُونَيْ‎ jūnay
Nominative	جُونَانِ‎ jūnāni	الْجُونَانِ‎ al-jūnāni	جُونَا‎ jūnā
Accusative	جُونَيْنِ‎ jūnayni	الْجُونَيْنِ‎ al-jūnayni	جُونَيْ‎ jūnay
Genitive	جُونَيْنِ‎ jūnayni	الْجُونَيْنِ‎ al-jūnayni	جُونَيْ‎ jūnay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَجْوَان‎ ʾajwān	الْأَجْوَان‎ al-ʾajwān	أَجْوَان‎ ʾajwān
Nominative	أَجْوَانٌ‎ ʾajwānun	الْأَجْوَانُ‎ al-ʾajwānu	أَجْوَانُ‎ ʾajwānu
Accusative	أَجْوَانًا‎ ʾajwānan	الْأَجْوَانَ‎ al-ʾajwāna	أَجْوَانَ‎ ʾajwāna
Genitive	أَجْوَانٍ‎ ʾajwānin	الْأَجْوَانِ‎ al-ʾajwāni	أَجْوَانِ‎ ʾajwāni

Derived terms

• جون الْكُوَيْت‎ (jōn al-kuwayt, “Kuwait Bay”)

Etymology 2

From English John.

Proper noun

جُون • (jon) m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English John.

Declension

Declension of noun جُون (jon)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	جُون jon	—
Nominative	—	جُون jon	—
Accusative	—	جُون jon	—
Genitive	—	جُون jon	—

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian equalling Classical Persian گون‎ (gōn, “colour”).

Adjective

جَوْن • (jawn) (masculine plural جُون (jūn))

1. (obsolete) reddish-black
   • a. 625, الأعشى al-ʾaʿšā, Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎^[1], volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, page 102:

     ‏وَشِمِلَّةٍ حَرْفٍ كَأَنَّ قُتُودَهَا … جَلَّلْتُهَا (var.‎ لَبَسْتُهَا) جَوْنَ السَّرَاةِ خَفَيْدَدًا‎

     wašimillatin ḥarfin kaʾanna qutūdahā … jallaltuhā (var. labastuhā) jawna s-sarāti ḵafaydadan

     Some hardy she-camel the saddle-woods of which I applied like upon a black-backed ostrich

Declension

Declension of adjective جَوْن (jawn)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَوْن jawn	الْجَوْن‎ al-jawn	جَوْنَة‎ jawna	الْجَوْنَة‎ al-jawna
Nominative	جَوْنٌ jawnun	الْجَوْنُ‎ al-jawnu	جَوْنَةٌ‎ jawnatun	الْجَوْنَةُ‎ al-jawnatu
Accusative	جَوْنًا‎ jawnan	الْجَوْنَ‎ al-jawna	جَوْنَةً‎ jawnatan	الْجَوْنَةَ‎ al-jawnata
Genitive	جَوْنٍ jawnin	الْجَوْنِ‎ al-jawni	جَوْنَةٍ‎ jawnatin	الْجَوْنَةِ‎ al-jawnati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَوْنَيْن‎ jawnayn	الْجَوْنَيْن‎ al-jawnayn	جَوْنَتَيْن‎ jawnatayn	الْجَوْنَتَيْن‎ al-jawnatayn
Nominative	جَوْنَانِ‎ jawnāni	الْجَوْنَانِ‎ al-jawnāni	جَوْنَتَانِ‎ jawnatāni	الْجَوْنَتَانِ‎ al-jawnatāni
Accusative	جَوْنَيْنِ‎ jawnayni	الْجَوْنَيْنِ‎ al-jawnayni	جَوْنَتَيْنِ‎ jawnatayni	الْجَوْنَتَيْنِ‎ al-jawnatayni
Genitive	جَوْنَيْنِ‎ jawnayni	الْجَوْنَيْنِ‎ al-jawnayni	جَوْنَتَيْنِ‎ jawnatayni	الْجَوْنَتَيْنِ‎ al-jawnatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جُون jūn	الْجُون‎ al-jūn	جَوْنَات‎ jawnāt	الْجَوْنَات‎ al-jawnāt
Nominative	جُونٌ jūnun	الْجُونُ‎ al-jūnu	جَوْنَاتٌ‎ jawnātun	الْجَوْنَاتُ‎ al-jawnātu
Accusative	جُونًا‎ jūnan	الْجُونَ‎ al-jūna	جَوْنَاتٍ‎ jawnātin	الْجَوْنَاتِ‎ al-jawnāti
Genitive	جُونٍ jūnin	الْجُونِ‎ al-jūni	جَوْنَاتٍ‎ jawnātin	الْجَوْنَاتِ‎ al-jawnāti

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “جون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 236
• Freytag, Georg (1830), “جون”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 327
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “جون”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 491–492
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “جون”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 359
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1879), “Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen von Fritz Hommel. Leipzig 1879, J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung XX und 471 S. in Octav”, in Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen‎^[2] (in German), page 1273, to Hommel, Fritz (1879) Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen‎^[3] (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 64

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Malay

Alternative forms

• Jun

Etymology

From English June, from Middle English jun, june, from juyng, from Old French juing, from Latin iūnius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒon]
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒon, -on

Proper noun

جون (Rumi spelling Jun‎)

1. June (sixth month of the Gregorian calendar)

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Persian

Etymology 1

Noun

جون • (jun)

1. (colloquial) Spoken form of جان‎ (jân).

Etymology 2

From English June.

Proper noun

Dari Persian	جون
Iranian Persian	ژوئن‎
Tajik	июн (iyun)

جون • (Jun)

1. (Dari) June

See also

• Month of the year: جون
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