جوو

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms
  • جوولەکە (cûleke)

Etymology

Compare Classical Persian جهود (ǰuhūd, “Jew”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yhwt' /⁠ǰahūd⁠/, “Jew”) and Parthian [Manichaean needed] (yhwd /⁠yehūd⁠/, “Jew”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒuː/

Noun
Northern Kurdish cihû

جوو (cû)

  1. Jew

References
  • îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “جوو”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 282
  • Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “Cû”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 24
  • Karadaghi, R. (2006) “Jew”, in The Azadi: English-Kurdish Dictionary, New York: Ehsan, page 499

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒoː.u]

Noun

جوو (Rumi joou)

  1. lord
  2. sultan
  3. god

References
  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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