جواهر

See also: خواهر and جواہر

Arabic

Noun

جَوَاهِر • (jawāhir) pl

1. plural of جَوْهَر (jawhar)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cəvahir
• → Chagatai: جواهر
  • Uzbek: javohir
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: जवाहिर (javāhir)

  Urdu: جَواہِر (javāhir)

• → Ottoman Turkish: جواهر (cevâhir)
  • Turkish: cevahir
  • → Greek: τζοβαΐρι (tzovaḯri)
  • → Ladino: chivayer
  • → Romanian: giuvaier
• → Persian: جواهر (javâher)
• → Punjabi:

  Shahmukhi script: جَواہِر

• → Sindhi: جَواهِرُ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاهِر (jawāhir).

Noun

جواهر • (cevâhir)

1. plural of جوهر (cevher)

Descendants

• Turkish: cevahir
• → Greek: τζοβαΐρι (tzovaḯri)
• → Ladino: chivayer
• → Romanian: giuvaier

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.wɑː.hiɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑː.ɦɪɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑː.ɦɪɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑː.jɪɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɔː.jiɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.vɒː.ɦeɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.vɔ.ɦiɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	jawāhir
Dari reading?	jawāhir
Iranian reading?	javâher
Tajik reading?	javohir

Noun

جواهر • (javâher) (plural جواهرات (javâher-ât) or جواهرها (javâher-hâ))

1. jewel, jewellery

   Synonym: گوهر (gowhar)

Derived terms

• جواهر شناس (javâher-šenâš)
• جواهر شناسی (javâher-šenâši)
• جواهرفروش (javâher-foruš)
• جواهرفروشی (javâher-foruši)
• جواهری (javâheri)

 

Proper noun

جواهر • (javâher)

1. a female given name, Javaher

Noun

جواهر • (javâher)

1. plural of جوهر