جوهر

See also: جوہر and خوهر

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaw.har/

Noun

جَوْهَر • (jawhar) m (collective, singulative جَوْهَرَة f (jawhara), plural جَوَاهِر (jawāhir))

  1. jewel(s)
    جَوْهَر فَرْد ― jawhar fard ― atom
  2. precious stone(s)
  3. pearl(s)
  4. gem(s), gemstone(s)
  5. any stone from which one may extract a profit
  6. precious ore
  7. veins of marble

Declension

Noun

جَوْهَر • (jawhar) m (plural جَوَاهِر (jawāhir))

  1. essence (inherent nature), substance, matter, nature
  2. soul
  3. marrow
  4. worth, excellence

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: ġawhar
  • → Azerbaijani: cövhər
  • → Chechen: жовхӏар (žovhar)
  • → Kazakh: жауһар (jauhar)
  • → Malay: jauhar
  • → Malay: Johor
  • → Middle Armenian: ջոհար (ǰohar), ջուար (ǰuar), ջօհար (ǰōhar), ջուհար (ǰuhar), ջաւհար (ǰawhar), ճոհար (čohar), ճուհար (čuhar), ճօհար (čōhar)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جوهر (cevher)
    • Turkish: cevher
    • → Armenian: ճէվհէր (čēvhēr)
    • → Greek: τζοβαΐρι (tzovaḯri)
    • → Ladino: chivayer
    • → Romanian: giuvaier
    • → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: џевер
      Latin script: džever
  • → Persian: جوهر (jowhar)
  • → Swahili: johari
  • ⇒ Arabic: جواهر pl (jawāhir)

References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar, “jewel, gem, precious stone”), from Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar, “jewel, gem”), from Middle Persian gwhl (gôhr).

Noun

جوهر • (cevher) (plural جواهر (cevahir))

  1. jewel, any valuable object used for personal ornamentation
    Synonyms: قویم (kuyum), مجوهر (mücevher)
  2. gem, gemstone, any precious or semi-precious stone
    Synonym: قیمتلو طاش (kıymetli taş)
  3. ore, rock or other material that contains valuable materials
    Synonym: معدن (maʼden)
  4. damascening, the process of making a sword damascene

Derived terms

  • جوهر علوی (cevher-i ʼulvi, “superior essence”)
  • جوهر فرد (cevher-i ferd, “atom”)
  • جوهر مجرد (cevher-i mücerred, “absolute essence”)
  • جوهردار (cevherdar, “set with jewels”)
  • جوهرلو (cevherli, “set with jewels”)
  • جوهری (cevheri, “pertaining to precious stones”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: cevher
  • → Armenian: ճէվհէր (čēvhēr)
  • → Greek: τζοβαΐρι (tzovaḯri)
  • → Ladino: chivayer
  • → Romanian: giuvaier
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: џевер
    Latin script: džever

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar), itself from Early Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar), from Middle Persian gwhl (gôhr).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒäw.hǽɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.wǽɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.wǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? jawhar
Dari reading? jawhar
Iranian reading? jowhar
Tajik reading? javhar

Noun

جوهر • (jowhar) (plural جواهر (javâher))

  1. (rare, obsolete or literary) jewel
  2. (rare, obsolete or literary) gem
  3. (rare, obsolete or literary) pearl

Noun

جوهر • (jowhar) (plural جوهرها (jowhar-hâ))

  1. (philosophy) essence, substance
  2. ink
  3. dye
  4. acid

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • جوهر سرکه (jowhar-e serke)
  • جوهر گوگرد (jowhar-e gugerd)
  • جوهر لیمو (jowhar-e limu)
  • جوهر نمک (jowhar-e namak)
  • جوهر مورچه (jowhar-e murče)
  • جوهری (jowhari)

Descendants

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