Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܓܳܫܽܘܫܳܐ (gāšōšā), mixed into the root ج س س (j-s-s), or a phono-semantic matching of Classical Syriac with respect to the Arabic root.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

جَاسُوس (jāsūsm (plural جَوَاسِيس (jawāsīs))

  1. spy, sleuth

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References edit

  • جاسوس” in Almaany
  • gšwš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 243
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “جاسوس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 277
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “جاسوس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 423
  • Shapira, Dan D. Y. (2009) “Irano-Arabica: contamination and popular etymology. Notes on the Persian and Arabic lexicons (with references to Aramaic, Hebrew and Turkic)”, in Христианский Восток – Новая Серия, volume 5 (XI), Moscow: Издательство Российской Академии Наук и Государственного Эрмитажа, page 176

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic جَاسُوس (jāsūs).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? jāsūs
Dari reading? jāsūs
Iranian reading? jâsus
Tajik reading? josus

Noun edit

Dari جاسوس
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷосус

جاسوس (jâsus) (plural جواسیس (javâsis) or جاسوسان (jâsusân))

  1. spy
    • c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 74”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎[3]:
      نیست از رازِ نهانِ من خبر جاسوس را
      نبضِ من بندِ زبان گردید جالینوس را
      nēst az rāz-i nahān-i man xabar jasūs
      nabz-i man band-i zabān gardīd jālīnūs rā
      The spy has no news of my hidden secret;
      My pulse has closed its mouth to Galen.
      (Classical Persian romanization)
      (The second line refers to medieval doctors measuring the pulse of a patient, and also to a common trope where the doctor finds the secret beloved of a lovesick patient by measuring the pulse while speaking the names of various potential beloveds.)

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Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian جاسوس (jāsūs), from Arabic جَاسُوس (jāsūs), from Classical Syriac ܓܫܘܫܐ (gāšōšā).

Noun edit

جاسُوس (jāsūsm (Hindi spelling जासूस)

  1. spy
    • داؤد اورنگ آبادی (Dāud Auraṅgābādī) :
      دل میں خیالِ یار ہے جاسوس کی نمط
      رکھتا ہوں اس کوں ننگ سوں ناموس کی نمط
      dil mẽ xayāl-e-yār hai jāsūs kī namat
      rakhtā hū̃ is kū̃ naṅg sū̃ nāmūs kī namat
  2. detective

Declension edit

Declension of جاسوس
singular plural
direct جاسوس (jāsūs) جاسوس (jāsūs)
oblique جاسوس (jāsūs) جاسوسوں (jāsūsō̃)
vocative جاسوس (jāsūs) جاسوسو (jāsūsō)