پی‌جو

Persian

Etymology

From پی (pey, “following”) +‎ ـجو (-ju, “seeker”). Sense 2 is a phono-semantic matching of English pager.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [paj.d͡ʒoː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.d͡ʒoː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.d͡ʒoː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.d͡ʒoː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.d͡ʒʊː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pejd͡ʒuː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.d͡ʒɵ]

Readings
Classical reading?	payjō
Dari reading?	payjō
Iranian reading?	peyju
Tajik reading?	payjü

Noun

Dari	پی‌جو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пайҷӯ

پی‌جو • (pey-ju)

1. searcher, seeker, inquirer, checker

   Synonyms: کاونده (kâvande), فاحص (fâhes), جستجوکننده (jostoju-konande)

3. pager, beeper

   Synonym: پیجر (peyjer)

Derived terms

• پی‌جویی (peyjuyi, “searching; inquisitiveness”)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “پی‌جو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پی‌جو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press