جواهر
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Arabic
Noun
جَوَاهِر • (jawāhir) pl
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: cəvahir
- → Chagatai: جواهر
- Uzbek: javohir
- → Hindustani:
- → Ottoman Turkish: جواهر (cevâhir)
- → Persian: جواهر (javâher)
- → Punjabi:
- Shahmukhi script: جَواہِر
- → Sindhi: جَواهِرُ
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاهِر (jawāhir).
Noun
جواهر • (cevâhir)
Derived terms
- جواهر یومورطلامق (cevâhir yumurtlamak, “to make malapropos speeches”, literally “to spawn gems”)
- جواهرجی (cevâhirci, “lapidary, gemsmith”)
- جواهری (cevâhirî, “lapidary, gemsmith”)
Descendants
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “جواهر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 541
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cevahir”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 784
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “cevâhir”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 168
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جواهر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 449
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “جواهر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1671
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جواهر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 686
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاهِر (jawāhir), plural of جَوْهَر (jawhar), itself in Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar); جواهر (javâher) has become singular in Persian and so has its own plural forms despite its etymology as a plural form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.waː.ˈhiɾ/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | jawāhir |
| Dari reading? | jawāhir |
| Iranian reading? | javâher |
| Tajik reading? | javohir |
Noun
جواهر • (javâher) (plural جواهرات (javâher-ât), or جواهرها (javâher-hâ))
Derived terms
- جواهر شناس (javâher-šenâš)
- جواهر شناسی (javâher-šenâši)
- جواهرفروش (javâher-foruš)
- جواهرفروشی (javâher-foruši)
- جواهری (javâheri)
Proper noun
جواهر • (javâher)
- a female given name, Javaher
Noun
جواهر • (javâher)