جاوی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy). Compare modern جاوه‌ای (jâve'i, “Javanese”).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	jāwī
Dari reading?	jāwī
Iranian reading?	jâvi
Tajik reading?	jovi

Adjective

جاوی • (jâvi)

1. Jawi (relating to the Arabic script used for Malay and some other Austronesian languages)
2. (archaic) Indonesian, from Island Southeast Asia; Javanese or Malay
   • 1519, Cartas orientais 33, Lisbon, Portugal: Torre do Tombo archive:

     اهل پرتوگالیان زبان جاوی نمیدانند و قاعده قانون نمیدانند.

     ahl-i purtūgāliyān zabān-i jāwī namēdānand u qā'ida-yi qānūn namēdānand.

     The Portuguese people do not know the Malay language, and they do not know the regulations of the law.

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جاوی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim