جوو

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms
  • جوولەکە‎ (cûleke)

Etymology

Compare Classical Persian جهود‎ (ǰuhūd, “Jew”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yhwt' /ǰahūd/, “Jew”) and Parthian [Manichaean needed] (yhwd /yehūd/, “Jew”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /d͡ʒuː/

Noun
Northern Kurdish cihû

جوو (cû)

  1. Jew

References
  • îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008), “جوو”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 282
  • Wahby, T.; Edmonds, C. J. (1966), “Cû”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 24
  • Karadaghi, R. (2006), “Jew”, in The Azadi: English-Kurdish Dictionary, New York: Ehsan, page 499
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