جوا

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation 1
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒoː/
  • Homophone: جوه‎ (jō, “they came to it/him”)

Verb

جوا • (jō)

  1. third-person plural past of جا‎

Pronunciation 2
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuwwa/

Adverb

جُوَّا • (juwwa)

  1. Alternative spelling of جُوَّة‎

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ج و و‎

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic جَوَّة‎ (jawwa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒuw.wa/, [ʒuw.wa]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Adverb

جوّا • (juwwa)

  1. inside, indoors
    Antonym: برا‎ (barra)

Derived terms
  • جوات‎ (juwwāt, “inside”, preposition)

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀽𑀤 (jūda), from Sanskrit द्यूत (dyūta, “gambling”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʊ.ɑː/, /d͡ʒʊ.wɑː/, /d͡ʒuː.ɑː/
  • (Deccani) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʊ.ɑː/, /d͡ʒʊ.wɑː/, /d͡ʒuː.ɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

جُوْا • (jūā) m (Hindi spelling जूआ)

  1. gambling

Declension
Declension of جوا
singular plural
direct جوا‎ (jūā) جوے‎ (jūe)
oblique جوے‎ (jūe) جووں‎ (jūõ)
vocative جوے‎ (jūe) جوو‎ (jūo)

References
  • “جوا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “جوا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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