جیب
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جیب (jēb), from Arabic جَيْب (jayb).
Noun
جیب • (ceb, cep, ceyb, cib) (definite accusative جیبی (cebi), plural جیبلر (cebler, cepler), plural جیوب (cüyub, cüyup), plural جیبات (ceybat))
- pocket, a bag- or envelop-like receptacle stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items
- (mathematics) sine, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse
Derived terms
- جیب الماسی (ceb elması, “flirtatious person”)
- جیب دفتری (ceb defteri, “pocketbook”)
- جیب همایون (ceb-i hümayun, “the Sultan's financial resources”)
- جیبدن (cebden, “out of one's own pocket”)
- جیبه ال ایتمك (cebe el etmek, “to finance, fund”)
- جیبی (ceybî, “pertaining to a sine”)
- جیبی دلیك (cebi delik, “spendthrift, big spender”)
- ساعت جیبی (saʼat cebi, “watch pocket”)
- قوین جیبی (koyun cebi, “breast pocket, besom pocket”)
- یان جیبی (yan cebi, “fob”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “جیب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 547
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cep3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 778
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “جیب”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 193b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جیب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 453
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sinus vestis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 1562
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “جیب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 1697
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جیب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 695
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَيْب (jayb).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒeːb/, /ˈd͡ʒajb/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒeːb], [d͡ʒäjb]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒiːb̥], [d͡ʒejb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒeb], [d͡ʒäjb]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | jēb, jayb |
| Dari reading? | jēb, jayb |
| Iranian reading? | jib, jeyb |
| Tajik reading? | jeb, jayb |
Noun
جیب • (jēb, jayb / jib, jeyb) (Tajik spelling ҷеб, or ҷайб)
- (trigonometry, mathematics, archaic) sine
- (archaic) collar
Usage notes
The pronunciation jayb/jeyb is used with sense 3.
Descendants
- → Assamese: জেপ (zep)
- → Azerbaijani: cib
- → Bengali: জেব (jeb)
- → Georgian: ჯიბე (ǯibe)
- → Hindustani:
- → Ottoman Turkish: جیب (ceb, cep)
- → Punjabi:
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جیب (jēb), borrowed from Arabic جَيْب (jayb).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒeːb/, [d͡ʒeː˦bᵊ]
Noun
جیب • (jeb) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੇਬ)
- pocket
- Synonyms: بوجھا (bojhā), گِیجھا (gījhā), کِھیسا (khiesā)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | جیب (jeb) | جیباں (jebāṉ) |
| oblique | جیب (jeb) | جیباں (jebāṉ) |
| vocative | جیبے (jebe) | جیبو (jebo) |
| ablative | جیبوں (jeboṉ) | جیباں (jebāṉ) |
| locative | جیبی (jebī) | جیبِیں (jebīṉ) |
| instrumental | جیبِیں (jebīṉ) | جیبے (jebe) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جَیب”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “جیب”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਜੇਬ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Torwali
Etymology
From Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā, “tongue”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”). Cognate with Kalasha ǰhip, Hindi जीभ (jībh), Persian زبان (zabân), French langue, German Zunge.
Noun
جیب (ǰīb) f
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jihvāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جیب (jēb), borrowed from Arabic جَيْب (jayb).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒeːb/
Noun
جیب • (jeb) f (Hindi spelling जेब)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | جیب (jeb) | جیبیں (jebẽ) |
| oblique | جیب (jeb) | جیبوں (jebõ) |
| vocative | جیب (jeb) | جیبو (jebo) |
Further reading
- “جیب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “جیب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “جیب”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
Ushojo
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu جیب (jeb), from Classical Persian جیب (jēb), from Arabic جَيْب (jayb).
Noun
جیب (jeb)