جور

See also: خور, چور, خوز, and جوز

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج و ر (j w r)
12 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒawr/

Noun

جَوْر • (jawrm

  1. verbal noun of جَارَ (jāra) (form I)
  2. injustice, oppression, tyranny
    Synonym: ظُلْم (ẓulm)
Declension
Declension of noun جَوْر (jawr)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal جَوْر
jawr
الْجَوْر
al-jawr
جَوْر
jawr
nominative جَوْرٌ
jawrun
الْجَوْرُ
al-jawru
جَوْرُ
jawru
accusative جَوْرًا
jawran
الْجَوْرَ
al-jawra
جَوْرَ
jawra
genitive جَوْرٍ
jawrin
الْجَوْرِ
al-jawri
جَوْرِ
jawri

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian گور (Gōr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒuːr/

Proper noun

جُور • (jūrf

  1. Gōr (a former city in Fars Province, Iran; modern Firuzabad)
    Holonym: فَيْرُوزْآبَاد (fayrūzʔābād)
Declension
Declension of noun جُور (jūr)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal جُور
jūr
nominative جُورٌ
jūrun
accusative جُورًا
jūran
genitive جُورٍ
jūrin
Derived terms

Bulgar

Bulgar cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : جور

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yǖŕ.

Numeral

جُورْ (čǖr)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) hundred

Descendants

  • Chuvash: ҫӗр (śĕr)

References

  • A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription From 1307 A. Róna-tas, page 155 [1]
  • Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 182-183

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? jōr
Dari reading? jōr
Iranian reading? jur
Tajik reading? jür

Etymology 1

From earlier جاوَر (jāwar), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu ~ *h₂yéws. Cognate with Parthian 𐫏𐫀𐫇𐫡 (yʾwr /⁠yāwar⁠/, time, occasion).

Noun

Dari جور
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷӯр

جور • (jur)

  1. state, condition
  2. sort, kind
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: cür

Etymology 2

Dari جور
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷӯр

Clipping of همجور (hamjur).

Adjective

جور • (jur)

  1. similar
    این اصلا با من جور نیست. (colloquial)
    in aslan bâ man jur nist.
    This doesn’t fit me (isn’t similar to me) at all
  2. of the same kind
  3. fitting
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Pashto جوړ (joṛ).[1]

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? jōr

Adjective

جور • (jōr) (Dari)

  1. fit, well, healthy
    جورْ بَخَیْرjōr baxayrgood day
    جورْ هَسْتِی؟jōr hastī?how are you?
Derived terms
  • جورْ کَرْدَن (jōr kardan, to repair; to make)
  • جورْ سَاخْتَن (jōr sāxtan, to cure)

References

  1. ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) “ǰoṛ”, in Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 37:
    ǰoṛ 'healthy' — Cf. T 10496: Si joṛ 'fit, well, in good health', juṛaṇu 'to fit, be built', Lhd juṛaṇ 'be joined'. Everywhere in the region ǰoṛ is used to mean 'fit, well', esp. in greetings formulae, as in Bal, Br (semantics 'joined, fitted' > 'fit, well'). Cf. also Kab Prs (LW < Pš) ǰōr 'id.'.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्वर (jvará).

Pronunciation

Noun

جْوَر • (jvarm (Hindi spelling ज्वर)

  1. fever (abnormally high body temperature)
    Synonym: بُخار (buxār)

References

  • John T. Platts (9 November 2012 (last accessed)) “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[3]