جاروب

Persian

Etymology

From combination of the two word Middle Persian gywʼk' (gyāg, “place”) and Middle Persian lwp- (rōb, “rub, sweep”).

For the combination of Middle Persian gywʼk'-rōb (gyāg-rōb), which literally means 'place-sweep' a 'broom'. In the transition from Middle Persian to New Persian, the language drop the "g" at the end of almost every word, and many "g" became "j" which explains the change in gyāg to jā.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.ɾoːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.ɾuːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.ɾuːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.ɾuːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔː.ɾub̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒː.ɹuːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔ.ɾɵb], [d͡ʒɔ.ɾub]

Readings
Classical reading?	jārōḇ
Dari reading?	jārūb
Iranian reading?	jârub
Tajik reading?	jorüb, jorub

Noun

Dari	جاروب، جارو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷорӯб, ҷоруб

جاروب or جارُوب • (jârub or jârûb)

1. broom
2. (Dari, colloquial) vacuum
3. (dialectal) mop

Descendants

• → Gujarati: જારૂબ (jārūb)

See also

• جارو (jâru) (alternative spelling)
• جاروبرقی (jâru barqi, “vacuum”)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gyāg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 38
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “rōb-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 72
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “rōb-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 39
• Raham, Asha. (2017), "rōb-,gyāgrōb", in Pārsīg Language (The so-called Pahlavi), Tehran, Iran, Sade Publication: page 338