جو

See also: چو, خو, Appendix:Variations of "gu", and Appendix:Variations of "jo"

Arabic

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. atmosphere
3. wide valley
4. open pasture-ground
5. interior of a house

   Antonym: بَرّ (barr)

6. 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

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ǰaw) or [script needed] (yaw), from Proto-Indo-European *yéw(h₁)os (“barley, grain, cereal”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (yauua), Sanskrit यव (yava), Ancient Greek ζειᾱ́ (zeiā́, “einkorn wheat”), Irish eorna (“barley”), Lithuanian javaĩ (“grain”). Also compare Java.

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 Kurdish and Sanskrit यव्या (yavyā).

Alternative forms

• جوی (juy)

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

Verb

1. present stem form of جستن