جرو

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See also: جرؤ, خرو, and خزو

Arabic

Root
ج ر و (j r w)
1 term

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Proto-Semitic *gVr- (whelp,cub); cognates with Hebrew גּוּר (gúr), Aramaic גורי (gūrē), Phoenician 𐤓‬𐤂 (r‬g‬ /⁠gar⁠/, young of a lion), Akkadian 𒆜 (gerrum, way, path; young one of an animal, from the sense of a traveling companion). Related to the root ج و ر (j-w-r), meaning “to be a neighbor”, “to be under one's protection”, “to be a client”, “to follow around, to travel close with”, “to be a trainee or deputy”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒarw/, /d͡ʒirw/, /d͡ʒurw/

Noun

جَرْو or جِرْو or جُرْو (jarw or jirw or jurwm (plural جِرَاء (jirāʔ) or أَجْرٍ (ʔajrin) or أَجْرَاء (ʔajrāʔ))

  1. cub; puppy
  2. small cucurbit fruit

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: ġeru
  • Moroccan Arabic: جرو (jrū)

References

  • جرا” in Almaany
  • جرو” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “جرو”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 271
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “جرو”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 414–415
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جرو”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 178–179