جونة

Equalling Classical Syriac ܓܘܢܐ (gunnā, “a large vessel, a bronze pot”). Based on the Imperial Aramaic meaning of a “large grain sack”, considered an Iranian borrowing, maybe equal to Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī́, “sack”), from Dravidian, so cognate with English gunny.

جُونَة or جَوْنَة • (jūna or jawna) f (plural جُوَن (juwan) or جَوَانٍ (jawānin))

1. receptacle for bottles, for example a wine cask or perfume cask

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

جُونَة • (jūna) f

1. alternative form of جُون (jūn, “bay, lagoon”)

جَوْن (jawn, “reddish-black”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

جَوْنَة • (jawna) f

1. blackness tinged with red
2. the Sun

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