جو

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

Arabic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaww/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒaww/
    • (Moroccan) 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

References

Baluchi

Noun

جو • (joho)

  1. barley

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

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

Pronunciation
 

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

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

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒoː], [d͡ʒuː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒoː], [d͡ʒuː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒʊː], [d͡ʒu]

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

Verb

جو • (ju)

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

Sindhi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo]

Preposition

جو • (jo) (Devanagari जो)

  1. of; genitive case marker

References
  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جو”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • Khānu, Balocu (1960-1988) “جو”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Ḥaidarābād, Sindhu: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ج و و
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَوّ (jaww).

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

Noun

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

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

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
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