جو

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

Arabic

Noun

جَوّ • (jaww) m (dual جَوَّانِ‎ (jawwāni), plural أَجْوَاء‎ (ʾajwāʾ) or جِوَاء‎ (jiwāʾ))

air (the apparently open space above the ground)
Coordinate terms: بَحْر‎ (baḥr), بَرّ‎ (barr)
atmosphere
wide valley
open pasture-ground
interior of a house
hall
Al-Yamama (ancient district in Saudi Arabia)

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 ʾajwāʾ‎; jiwāʾ	الْأَجْوَاء‎‎; الْجِوَاء‎ al-ʾajwāʾ‎; al-jiwāʾ	أَجْوَاء‎‎; جِوَاء‎ ʾajwāʾ‎; jiwāʾ
Nominative	أَجْوَاءٌ‎‎; جِوَاءٌ‎ ʾajwāʾun‎; jiwāʾun	الْأَجْوَاءُ‎‎; الْجِوَاءُ‎ al-ʾajwāʾu‎; al-jiwāʾu	أَجْوَاءُ‎‎; جِوَاءُ‎ ʾajwāʾu‎; jiwāʾu
Accusative	أَجْوَاءً‎‎; جِوَاءً‎ ʾajwāʾan‎; jiwāʾan	الْأَجْوَاءَ‎‎; الْجِوَاءَ‎ al-ʾajwāʾa‎; al-jiwāʾa	أَجْوَاءَ‎‎; جِوَاءَ‎ ʾajwāʾa‎; jiwāʾa
Genitive	أَجْوَاءٍ‎‎; جِوَاءٍ‎ ʾajwāʾin‎; jiwāʾin	الْأَجْوَاءِ‎‎; الْجِوَاءِ‎ al-ʾajwāʾi‎; al-jiwāʾi	أَجْوَاءِ‎‎; جِوَاءِ‎ ʾajwāʾi‎; jiwāʾi

References

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

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ǰaw) or [script needed] (yaw), from Proto-Indo-European *yéw(h₁)os (“barley, grain, cereal”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (yauua), Sanskrit यव (yava), Ancient Greek ζειᾱ́ (zeiā́, “einkorn wheat”), Irish eorna (“barley”), Lithuanian javaĩ (“grain”). Also compare Java.

Noun

Dari Persian	جو‎
Iranian Persian	جو‎
Tajiki Persian	ҷав (jav)

جو • (jou)

barley
grain

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

جوی‎ (juy)

Noun

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

جو • (ju)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

جو • (javv)

Etymology 4

Verb

جو • (ju)

present stem formal of ‎

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