جو

See also: چو‎, خو‎, Appendix:Variations of "gu", and Appendix:Variations of "jo"

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaww/
- (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaww/
- (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ʒaww/

Noun

جَوّ • (jaww) m (dual جَوَّانِ‎ (jawwāni), plural أَجْوَاء‎ (ʔajwāʔ) or جِوَاء‎ (jiwāʔ))

air (the apparently open space above the ground)
Coordinate terms: بَحْر‎ (baḥr), بَرّ‎ (barr)
weather
atmosphere
(figurative) atmosphere (apparent mood)
wide valley
open pasture-ground
interior of a house
Antonym: بَرّ‎ (barr)
hall

Declension

Declension of noun جَوّ (jaww)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوّ jaww	الْجَوّ‎ al-jaww	جَوّ jaww
Nominative	جَوٌّ jawwun	الْجَوُّ‎ al-jawwu	جَوُّ jawwu
Accusative	جَوًّا‎ jawwan	الْجَوَّ‎ al-jawwa	جَوَّ jawwa
Genitive	جَوٍّ jawwin	الْجَوِّ‎ al-jawwi	جَوِّ jawwi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوَّيْن‎ jawwayn	الْجَوَّيْن‎ al-jawwayn	جَوَّيْ‎ jawway
Nominative	جَوَّانِ‎ jawwāni	الْجَوَّانِ‎ al-jawwāni	جَوَّا‎ jawwā
Accusative	جَوَّيْنِ‎ jawwayni	الْجَوَّيْنِ‎ al-jawwayni	جَوَّيْ‎ jawway
Genitive	جَوَّيْنِ‎ jawwayni	الْجَوَّيْنِ‎ al-jawwayni	جَوَّيْ‎ jawway
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَجْوَاء‎‎; جِوَاء‎ ʔajwāʔ‎; jiwāʔ	الْأَجْوَاء‎‎; الْجِوَاء‎ al-ʔajwāʔ‎; al-jiwāʔ	أَجْوَاء‎‎; جِوَاء‎ ʔajwāʔ‎; jiwāʔ
Nominative	أَجْوَاءٌ‎‎; جِوَاءٌ‎ ʔajwāʔun‎; jiwāʔun	الْأَجْوَاءُ‎‎; الْجِوَاءُ‎ al-ʔajwāʔu‎; al-jiwāʔu	أَجْوَاءُ‎‎; جِوَاءُ‎ ʔajwāʔu‎; jiwāʔu
Accusative	أَجْوَاءً‎‎; جِوَاءً‎ ʔajwāʔan‎; jiwāʔan	الْأَجْوَاءَ‎‎; الْجِوَاءَ‎ al-ʔajwāʔa‎; al-jiwāʔa	أَجْوَاءَ‎‎; جِوَاءَ‎ ʔajwāʔa‎; jiwāʔa
Genitive	أَجْوَاءٍ‎‎; جِوَاءٍ‎ ʔajwāʔin‎; jiwāʔin	الْأَجْوَاءِ‎‎; الْجِوَاءِ‎ al-ʔajwāʔi‎; al-jiwāʔi	أَجْوَاءِ‎‎; جِوَاءِ‎ ʔajwāʔi‎; jiwāʔi

Derived terms

جَوِّيّ‎ (jawwiyy)
جَوَّانِيّ‎ (jawwāniyy)
جَوّ الْيَمَامَة‎ (jaww al-yamāma, “Al-Yamama (ancient district in Saudi Arabia)”)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “جو”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

Baluchi

Noun

جو • (joho)

barley

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (Šᵍ /jaw/), from Old Persian *yáwaʰ, from Proto-Iranian *yáwah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaw/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaw/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒow/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒav/

Noun

Iranian Persian	جو
Dari	جو
Tajik	ҷав (jav)

جو • (jow)

barley
grain

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (joi) or Middle Persian [script needed] (yoi), from Old Persian [script needed] (yauviya). Cognate with Northern Kurdish co and Sanskrit यव्या (yavyā).

Alternative forms

جوی‎ (juy)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɵ/

Noun

Iranian Persian	جو, جوی‎
Dari	جو, جوی‎
Tajik	ҷӯ, ҷӯй (jü, jüy)

جو • (ju)

Etymology 3

From Arabic جَوّ‎ (jaww, “weather, environment”).

Noun

جو • (javv)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu/

Verb

جو • (ju)

present stem form of ‎

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج و و‎

Etymology

From Arabic جَوّ‎ (jaww).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒaww/, [ʒaw]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Noun

جوّ • (jaww) m (plural أجواء‎ (ʔajwāʔ))

air
Synonym: هوا‎ (hawa)
atmosphere
weather
Synonym: طقس‎ (ṭaʔs)

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒoː]

Noun

جو (Rumi joo)

a shortening of جوو‎ (“joou”)

References

Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill

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