جاسوس

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܓܳܫܽܘܫܳܐ (gāšōšā), mixed into the root ج س س (j-s-s), or a phono-semantic matching of Classical Syriac with respect to the Arabic root.

Noun

جَاسُوس (jāsūs) m (plural جَوَاسِيس (jawāsīs))

  1. spy, sleuth

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: casus
  • Armenian: ջասուս (ǰasus)
  • Northern Kurdish: casûs
  • Persian: جاسوس
  • Swahili: jasusi
  • Turkish: casus
  • Uzbek: josus / жосус (josus)
  • Zazaki: casus

References

  • جاسوس” in Almaany
  • gšwš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 243
  • Freytag, Georg (1830), جاسوس”, 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 277
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), جاسوس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 423
  • Shapira, Dan D. Y. (2009), “Irano-Arabica: contamination and popular etymology. Notes on the Persian and Arabic lexicons (with references to Aramaic, Hebrew and Turkic)”, in Христианский Восток – Новая Серия, volume 5 (XI), Moscow: Издательство Российской Академии Наук и Государственного Эрмитажа, page 176

Persian

Iranian Persian جاسوس
Tajik ҷосус (josus)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَاسُوس (jāsūs).

Noun

جاسوس (jâsus) (plural جواسیس (javâsis) or جاسوسان (jâsusân))

  1. spy

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جاسوس (jâsus), from Arabic جَاسُوس (jāsūs), from Classical Syriac ܓܫܘܫܐ (gāšōšā).

Noun

جاسُوس (jāsūs) m (Hindi spelling जासूस)

  1. spy
    • داؤد اورنگ آبادی (Dāud Auraṅgābādī)
      دل میں خیالِ یار ہے جاسوس کی نمط
      رکھتا ہوں اس کوں ننگ سوں ناموس کی نمط
      dil mẽ xayāl-e-yār hai jāsūs kī namat
      rakhtā hū̃ is kū̃ naṅg sū̃ nāmūs kī namat
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. detective

Declension

Declension of جاسوس
singular plural
direct جاسوس (jāsūs) جاسوس (jāsūs)
oblique جاسوس (jāsūs) جاسوسوں (jāsūsō̃)
vocative جاسوس (jāsūs) جاسوسو (jāsūsō)
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