جو

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

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaww/
  • IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaww/
  • IPA^(key): /ʒaww/

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. weather
3. atmosphere
4. (figurative) atmosphere (apparent mood)
5. wide valley
6. open pasture-ground
7. interior of a house

   Antonym: بَرّ (barr)

8. 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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Baluchi

Noun

جو • (joho)

1. barley

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (Šᵍ /⁠jaw⁠/), from Old Persian *yáwaʰ, from Proto-Iranian *yáwah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	j
Dari reading?	j
Iranian reading?	j
Tajik reading?	j

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 Northern Kurdish co and Sanskrit यव्या (yavyā).

Alternative forms

• جوی (juy)

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	j
Dari reading?	j
Iranian reading?	j
Tajik reading?	j

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

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	j
Dari reading?	j
Iranian reading?	j
Tajik reading?	j

Verb

جو • (ju)

1. present stem form of جستن

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج و و
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَوّ (jaww).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaww/, [ʒaw]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

جوّ • (jaww) m (plural أجواء (ʔajwāʔ))

1. air

   Synonym: هوا (hawa)

2. atmosphere
3. weather

   Synonym: طقس (ṭaʔs)

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Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒoː]

Noun

جو (Rumi joo)

1. a shortening of جوو (“joou”)

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill