جويو

Sindhi

Etymology

From جوء (joi, “wife”), inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀇 (juvaï), from Sanskrit युवति (yuvatí, “young woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoː.joː/
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: جو‧يو

Adjective

جويو • (joyo) (Devanagari जोयो)

1. effeminate

References

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جويو”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yuvatí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 607