جستجو

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

جست‎ (jost, past stem of جستن‎ (jostan, “to look for”)) +‎ و‎ (o, “and”) +‎ جو‎ (ju, present stem of جستن‎ (jostan, “to look for”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /d͡ʒʊstʊd͡ʒuː(j)/

Noun

Dari جستجو
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷустуҷӯ (justujü)

جُستُجو • (jostoju) (plural جُستُجوها‎ (jostoju-hâ))

  1. search
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 329:
      ‏روز شه در جستجو بی‌گاه شد / سوی آن کمپیر و آن خرگاه شد‎
      ruz-e šah dar jostoju bigâh šod / suy-e ân kampir o ân xargâh šod
      The King's day became late [far-spent] in searching [for the falcon]: he went (at last) to the old woman and the tent [where she lived].
  2. quest

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