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Sindhi
Etymology
From جوء (joi, “wife”), inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀇 (juvaï), from Sanskrit युवति (yuvatí, “young woman”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒoː.joː/
- Rhymes: -oː
- Hyphenation: جو‧يو
Adjective
جويو • (joyo) (Devanagari जोयो)
- effeminate
References
- Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جويو”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yuvatí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 607