جواد

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج و د‎ (j-w-d).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.waːd/

Adjective

جَوَاد • (jawād) (feminine جَوَاد (jawād), masculine plural أَجْوَاد‎ (ʔajwād) or أَجَاوِد‎ (ʔajāwid) or أَجَاوِيد‎ (ʔajāwīd) or جُود‎ (jūd))

  1. goodness, generous, bountiful

Declension

Descendants

  • Albanian: Xhevat
  • Turkish: Cevat

Noun

جَوَاد • (jawād) m (plural جِيَاد‎ (jiyād) or أَجْيَاد‎ (ʔajyād) or أَجَاوِيد‎ (ʔajāwīd))

  1. steed
  2. stallion

Declension

Proper noun

جَوَاد • (jawād) m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jawad

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “جواد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “جواد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 215

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاد‎ (jawād).

Pronunciation

Adjective

جَوَّاد • (javvād) (Hindi spelling जव्वाद)

  1. generous, bounteous, liberal, munificent, beneficent

Noun

جَوَّاد • (javvād) m (Hindi spelling जव्वाद)

  1. speedy horse

References

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