See also: خور, چور, خوز, and جوز

Arabic edit

Root
ج و ر (j-w-r)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

جَوْر (jawrm

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

Declension edit

Bulgar edit

Bulgar cardinal numbers
 <  50 100
    Cardinal : جور

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yǖŕ.

Numeral edit

جُورْ (čǖr)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) hundred

Descendants edit

  • Chuvash: ҫӗр (śĕr)

References edit

  • 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

 

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

Dari جور
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷӯр

جور (jur)

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

Etymology 2 edit

Dari جور
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷӯр

Clipping of همجور (hamjur).

Adjective edit

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
Derived terms edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्वर (jvará).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

جْوَر (jvarm (Hindi spelling ज्वर)

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

References edit

  • 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]