Jawi

See also: jawi and JAWI

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Jawi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæwi/, /d͡ʒɑːwi/
Hyphenation: Ja‧wi

Proper noun

Jawi

The Arabic alphabet or writing system used for Malay or related languages.
The Malay language.

Translations

an alphabet

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 爪夷文 (zh) (zhuǎyíwén)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 자위 문자 (jawi munja)
Malay: Jawi
Jawi: جاوي‎
Persian: جاوی‎ (fa) (jâvi)
Russian: джа́ви m (džávi)
Spanish: jawi (es) m

Anagrams

Ijaw

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic جاوي‎ (“Javan, of Southeast Asian origin”), a relative adjective (nisba) derived from جاوة‎ (jāwa, “Java”) + ي‎ (-i), from Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi), krama form of Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒawi/
Rhymes: -awi, -wi, -i

Proper noun

Jawi (Jawi spelling جاوي‎)

Jawi (An alphabet)
Malay (People, language)

Anagrams

jiwa

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