جوو

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

  • جوولەکە (cûleke)

Etymology

Compare Classical Persian جهود (juhūd, “Jew”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yhwt' /⁠jahūd⁠/, “Jew”) and Parthian 𐫏𐫍𐫇𐫅 (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

Ternate

Alternative forms

Noun

جوو

  1. Jawi spelling of joou‎‎

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
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