जव

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

• IPA^(key): /d͡zəʋ/

Noun

जव • (jav) m

1. barley

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “जव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• 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 [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “जव”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: 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 forms

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

1. Devanagari script form of java

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 25 May 2020

Alternative forms

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

जव • (jáva) stem, m

1. speed, velocity, swiftness
2. haste, hurry
3. impulse of the mind (Vedic, only in the plural)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.71.8:

     हृदा तष्टेषु मनसो जवेषु

     hr̥dā́ taṣṭéṣu mánaso javéṣu

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जव (jáva)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जवः jávaḥ	जवौ / जवा¹ jávau / jávā¹	जवाः / जवासः¹ jávāḥ / jávāsaḥ¹
Vocative	जव jáva	जवौ / जवा¹ jávau / jávā¹	जवाः / जवासः¹ jávāḥ / jávāsaḥ¹
Accusative	जवम् jávam	जवौ / जवा¹ jávau / jávā¹	जवान् jávān
Instrumental	जवेन jávena	जवाभ्याम् jávābhyām	जवैः / जवेभिः¹ jávaiḥ / jávebhiḥ¹
Dative	जवाय jávāya	जवाभ्याम् jávābhyām	जवेभ्यः jávebhyaḥ
Ablative	जवात् jávāt	जवाभ्याम् jávābhyām	जवेभ्यः jávebhyaḥ
Genitive	जवस्य jávasya	जवयोः jávayoḥ	जवानाम् jávānām
Locative	जवे jáve	जवयोः jávayoḥ	जवेषु jáveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Tamil: சவம் (cavam)
• Pali: java

Adjective

जव • (jáva)

1. swift, fast