See also: خور, چور, خوز, and جوز

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ج و ر (j w r)
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Noun

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جَوْر (jawrm

  1. verbal noun of جَارَ (jāra) (form I)
  2. injustice, oppression, tyranny
    Synonym: ظُلْم (ẓulm)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Persian گور (Gōr).

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Proper noun

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جُور (jūrf

  1. Gōr (a former city in Fars province, Iran; modern Firuzabad)
    Holonym: فَيْرُوزْآبَاد (fayrūzʔābād)
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Bulgar

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Bulgar cardinal numbers
 <  50 100
    Cardinal : جور

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yǖŕ.

Numeral

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جُورْ (čǖr)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) hundred

Descendants

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  • Chuvash: ҫӗр (śĕr)

References

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  • A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription From 1307 A. Róna-tas, page 155 [1]
  • Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 182-183

Persian

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Readings
Classical reading? jōr
Dari reading? jōr
Iranian reading? jur
Tajik reading? jür

Etymology 1

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From earlier جاوَر (jāwar), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu ~ *h₂yéws. Cognate with Parthian 𐫏𐫀𐫇𐫡 (yʾwr /⁠yāwar⁠/, time, occasion).

Noun

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Dari جور
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷӯр

جور (jur)

  1. state, condition
  2. sort, kind
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  • Azerbaijani: cür

Etymology 2

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Dari جور
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷӯр

Clipping of همجور (hamjur).

Adjective

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جور (jur)

  1. similar
    این اصلا با من جور نیست. (colloquial)
    in aslan bâ man jur nist.
    This doesn’t fit me (isn’t similar to me) at all
  2. of the same kind
  3. fitting
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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्वर (jvará).

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Noun

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جْوَر (jvarm (Hindi spelling ज्वर)

  1. fever (abnormally high body temperature)
    Synonym: بُخار (buxār)

References

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  • John T. Platts (2012 November 9 (last accessed)) “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[3]