جرو

See also: جرؤ‎, خرو‎, and خزو‎

Arabic

Root
ج ر و‎ (j-r-w)

Alternative forms

  • جِرْوَة‎ (jirwa)

Etymology

From a Proto-Semitic *gVr- (“whelp,cub”); cognates with Hebrew גּוּר‎ (gúr), Aramaic גורי‎ (gūrē), Phoenician 𐤓‬𐤂‬‎ (r‬g‬ /gar/, “young of a lion”), Akkadian 𒆜 (gerrum, “way, path; young one of an animal, from the sense of a traveling companion”). Related to the root ج و ر‎ (j-w-r), meaning “to be a neighbor”, “to be under one's protection”, “to be a client”, “to follow around, to travel close with”, “to be a trainee or deputy”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒarw/, /d͡ʒirw/, /d͡ʒurw/

Noun

جَرْو or جِرْو or جُرْو • (jarw or jirw or jurw) m (plural جِرَاء‎ (jirāʔ) or أَجْرٍ‎ (ʔajrin) or أَجْرَاء‎ (ʔajrāʔ))

  1. cub; puppy
  2. small cucurbit fruit

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: ġeru
  • Moroccan Arabic: جرو‎ (jrū)

References

  • “جرا” in Almaany
  • “جرو” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1830), “جرو”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 271
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), “جرو”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 414–415
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “جرو”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 178–179
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