jero

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English zero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑero/

Numeral

jero (Bengali script জেরো)

1. zero

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese jro (“interior; inner part; depth”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rɟuh, *ɟruh, *ɟruuʔ (“deep”).

Noun

jero (Balinese script ᬚᭂᬭᭀ)

1. house

Descendants

• → Indonesian: jero

Further reading

• “jero”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Balinese jero, from Old Javanese jro (“interior; inner part; depth”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rɟuh, *ɟruh, *ɟruuʔ (“deep”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈro/ [d͡ʒəˈro]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: je‧ro

Noun

jêro (plural jero-jero)

1. the house of a ksatriya or wésya

Further reading

• “jero”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

jero

1. romanization of ꦗꦼꦫꦺꦴ

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese jero, jro, from Old Javanese jro (“interior; inner part; depth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈro/

Adjective

jero (Sundanese script ᮏᮨᮛᮧ)

1. deep (of water)

   Antonym: déét

   sumur jero ― a deep well.

2. profound

   Élmu agamana geus jero ― Their religious knowledge is already profound.

Sundanese register set
lemes	lebet
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	jero
cohag	{{{co}}}

Preposition

jero (Sundanese script ᮏᮨᮛᮧ)

1. inside; within

   di jero imah ― inside the house

Derived terms

• jeroan

Further reading

• "jero" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

Swahili

Etymology

Derived from Mitsubishi Pajero.

Noun

jero class ? (plural [please provide])

1. (Tanzania, slang) five hundred shilling

Venetan

Verb

jero

1. first-person singular imperfect indicative of èser

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• jééró

Etymology

From Hausa gērō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒé.ɾó/

Noun

jéró

1. millet, sorghum

   Synonym: ọkà bàbà