جلو

See also: حلو and خلو

Persian

Etymology 1

Perhaps borrowed from Mongolian жолоо (žoloo, “rein”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ˈlaw/, /d͡ʒa.ˈlaw/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɪ.lǽw], [d͡ʒä.lǽw]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɪ.lǽw], [d͡ʒä.lǽw]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒi.lǽw], [d͡ʒä.lǽw]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒe.lów], [d͡ʒæ.lów]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒo.ów]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒi.lǽw], [d͡ʒä.lǽw]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jiláw, jaláw
Dari reading^?	jilaw, jalaw
Iranian reading^?	jelow, jalow
Tajik reading^?	jilav, jalav

Audio (Tehrani): (file)

Noun

جلو • (jelow)

front
Synonym: پیش (piš)

Antonyms: عقب ('aqab), پشت (pošt)
rein, bridle, bridle-rein

Derived terms

جلو افتادن (jelow oftâdan, “to outpace”)
جلو انداختن (jelow andâxtan, “to promote”)
جلو بردن (jelow bordan, “to carry forward”)
جلو رفتن (jelow raftan, “to advance”)
جلوخان (jelowxân)
جلودار (jelowdâr)
جلوگیری (jelowgiri)
شیشه‌ی جلو (šiše-ye jelow)
پول جلو (pul-e jelow)

Adverb

جلو • (jelow)

forward, ahead
Antonym: عقب ('aqab)

Descendants

→ Armenian: ջիլավ (ǰilav)
→ Azerbaijani: cilov
→ Georgian: ჯილავი (ǯilavi)
→ Turkmen: jylaw
→ Uzbek: jilov

Etymology 2

Preposition

جلو • (jelow-e or jolow-e)

alternative form of (jelow-ye, jolow-ye)

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit ज्वलति (jvalati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́wálHati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwélHeti.

Verb

جلو (jalu)

to burn (intransitive)

References

“جلو”, in Inam Ullah Torwali-Urdu Dictionary (in Urdu), South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 2005