جو

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Arabic

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Noun

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جَوّ (jawwm (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

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Baluchi

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Noun

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جو (joho)

  1. barley

Persian

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? jaw
Dari reading? jaw
Iranian reading? jow
Tajik reading? jav

Noun

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Dari جو
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷав

جو (jow)

  1. barley
  2. grain

Etymology 2

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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).

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Readings
Classical reading?
Dari reading?
Iranian reading? ju
Tajik reading?

Noun

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Dari جو, جوی
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷӯ, ҷӯй

جو (ju)

  1. stream
  2. brook
  3. irrigation channel

Etymology 3

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From Arabic جَوّ (jaww, weather, environment).

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Readings
Classical reading? jaww
Dari reading? jaww
Iranian reading? javv
Tajik reading? javv

Noun

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جو (javv)

  1. air
  2. sky
  3. atmosphere

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? jō, jū
Dari reading? jō, jū
Iranian reading? ju
Tajik reading? jü, ju

Verb

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جو (ju)

  1. present stem form of جستن (jostan), suffixed form indicating "seeker"/"seeking"
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Sindhi

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Preposition

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جو (jo) (Devanagari जो)

  1. of; genitive case marker

References

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  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جو”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • Khānu, Balocu (19601988) “جو”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ج و و
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic جَوّ (jaww).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒaww/, [ʒaw]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

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جوّ (jawwm (plural أجواء (ʔajwāʔ))

  1. air
    Synonym: هوا (hawa)
  2. atmosphere
  3. weather
    Synonym: طقس (ṭaʔs)

Ternate

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Noun

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جو (Rumi joo)

  1. a shortening of جوو (joou)

References

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

Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑁄 (jo), from Sanskrit यः (yáḥ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyós.[1]

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Noun

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جو (jom or f by sense (Hindi spelling जो)

  1. the relative pronoun:
    1. who; whoever
    2. whichever
    3. whatever

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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 601

Further reading

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  • جو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • جو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “جو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “جو”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “جو”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.