jadoo

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Etymology

From Hindustani जादू / جادو (jādū), from Classical Persian جَادُو (jādū).

Pronunciation

Noun

jadoo (uncountable)

  1. (North India, Pakistan) Magic, sorcery.
    • 2005 [1888], Rudyard Kipling, “In the House of Suddhoo”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, page 99:
      Then, to encourage him further, I said that, if there was any jadoo afoot, I had not the least objection to giving it my countenance and sanction

References

  1. ^ Funk, Isaac K., editor (1894), A Standard Dictionary of the English Language, volume I, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, page 958

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