جستجو

Persian

(jost, past stem of (jostan, “to look for”)) +‎ (o, “and”) +‎ (ju, present stem of (jostan, “to look for”)).

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊs.t̪ʰʊ.d͡ʒoː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊs.t̪ʰʊ.d͡ʒoː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒus.t̪ʰu.d͡ʒʊː]


Iranian Persian	جستجو
Dari	جستجو
Tajik	ҷустуҷӯ

جُستُجو • (jostoju) (plural جُستُجوها (jostoju-hâ))

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- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 329:
  روز شه در جستجو بی‌گاه شد / سوی آن کمپیر و آن خرگاه شد
  ruz-e šah dar jostoju bigâh šod / suy-e ân kampir o ân xargâh šod
  The King's day became late [far-spent] in searching [for the falcon]: he went (at last) to the old woman and the tent [where she lived].
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Borrowed from Classical Persian (justujō), with the majhūl vowel shifted to a ma'rūf vowel (ō > ū).

جُستَجُو or جُسْتُجُو • (justajū or justujū) f (Hindi spelling जुस्तजू or जुस्तुजू)