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Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘕𑘄 (jau), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀚𑀯 (java), from Sanskrit यव (yáva). Compare Hindustani جَو (jau) / जौ (jau), Gujarati જવ (jav), Punjabi ਜੌਂ (jaũ) / جوں (joṉ).
Pronunciation
Noun
जव • (jav) m
- barley
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine, “जव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “जव”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yáva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 603
Pali
Alternative scripts
- java (Latin script)
- 𑀚𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- জৰ (Bengali script)
- ජව (Sinhalese script)
- ဇဝ or ၹဝ (Burmese script)
- ชว or ชะวะ (Thai script)
- ᨩᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ຊວ or ຊະວະ (Lao script)
- ជវ (Khmer script)
- 𑄎𑅇 (Chakma script)
Noun
जव m
- Devanagari script form of java
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- জৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬯ (Balinese script)
- জব (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- ဇဝ (Burmese script)
- જવ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ಜವ (Kannada script)
- ជវ (Khmer script)
- ຊວ (Lao script)
- ജവ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐰 (Newa script)
- ଜଵ (Odia script)
- ꢙꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖪 (Siddham script)
- ජව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚦 (Takri script)
- ஜவ (Tamil script)
- జవ (Telugu script)
- ชว (Thai script)
- ཛ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root जू (jū).
Pronunciation
Noun
जव • (jáva) stem, m
- speed, velocity, swiftness
- haste, hurry
- impulse of the mind (Vedic, only in the plural)
Declension
Descendants
Adjective
जव • (jáva)
- swift, fast