جاروب

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جاروب (jārūb, broom), from the combination of Middle Persian gywʼk' (gyāg, place) + lwp- (rōb, rub, sweep).

Noun

جاروب • (carub) (definite accusative جاروبی (carubu), plural جاروبلر (carublar))

  1. broom, besom, a domestic utensil used for sweeping
    Synonyms: سوپوركه (süpürge), مكنسه (miknese)

Derived terms

  • جاروب زن (carub zen, sweeper)
  • جاروب كش (carub keş, sweeper)

Descendants

  • Turkish: carub

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gywʼk'-rōb /⁠gyāg-rōb⁠/, broom). By surface analysis, جا (, place) +‎ روب (rub, present stem of روبیدن (rubidan, to sweep)).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɒː.ɹúːb̥], [d͡ʒɒː.ɹúː]

Readings
Classical reading? jārōb
Dari reading? jārūb
Iranian reading? jârub, jâru
Tajik reading? jorüb, jorub

Noun

Dari جاروب، جارو
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷорӯб, ҷоруб

جاروب • (jârub)

  1. broom
  2. (Dari, colloquial) vacuum
  3. (dialectal) mop

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Gujarati: જારૂબ (jārūb)
  • Ottoman Turkish: جاروب (carub), جارو (caru), چاروب (çarub)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gyāg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 38
  • Raham, Asha. (2017), "rōb-,gyāgrōb", in Pārsīg Language (The so-called Pahlavi), Tehran, Iran, Sade Publication: page 338