جوو

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• جوولەکە (cûleke)

Etymology

Compare Classical Persian جهود (ǰuhūd, “Jew”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yhwt' /⁠ǰahūd⁠/, “Jew”) and Parthian [Manichaean needed] (yhwd /⁠yehūd⁠/, “Jew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	cihû

جوو (cû)

1. Jew

References

• îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “جوو”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 282
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “Cû”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 24
• Karadaghi, R. (2006) “Jew”, in The Azadi: English-Kurdish Dictionary, New York: Ehsan, page 499