جستجو

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

جست (jost, past stem of جستن (jostan, to look for)) +‎ و (o, and) +‎ جو (ju, present stem of جستن (jostan, to look for)).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? justujō
Dari reading? justujō
Iranian reading? jostoju
Tajik reading? justujü

Noun

Dari جستجو
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷустуҷӯ

جُستُجو (jostoju) (plural جُستُجوها (jostoju-hâ))

  1. search
  2. quest

Derived terms

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جستجو (justujō), with the majhūl vowel shifted to a ma'rūf vowel (ō > ū).

Pronunciation

Noun

جُستَجُو or جُسْتُجُو (justajū or justujūf (Hindi spelling जुस्तजू or जुस्तुजू)

  1. search, finding
    Synonyms: تلاش (talāś), ڈھونڈھ (ḍhūṇḍh)