جاوی

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy). Compare modern جاوه‌ای (jâve'i, “Javanese”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? jāwī
Dari reading? jāwī
Iranian reading? jâvi
Tajik reading? jovi

Adjective

جاوی • (jâvi)

  1. Jawi (relating to the Arabic script used for Malay and some other Austronesian languages)
  2. (archaic) Indonesian, from Island Southeast Asia; Javanese or Malay
    • 1519, Cartas orientais 33, Lisbon, Portugal: Torre do Tombo archive:
      اهل پرتوگالیان زبان جاوی نمیدانند و قاعده قانون نمیدانند.
      ahl-i purtūgāliyān zabān-i jāwī namēdānand u qā'ida-yi qānūn namēdānand.
      The Portuguese people do not know the Malay language, and they do not know the regulations of the law.

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