جوره

Persian

Etymology

From earlier همجوره (hamjōra, “friend, one who is similar (similar minded)”). Equivalent to (jur, “similar, familiar”) +‎ (e). Refer to هم (ham), and جور (jur).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː.ˈɾa]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː.ɾǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː.ɾǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊː.ɾǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuː.ɹé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɵ.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jōra
Dari reading^?	jōra
Iranian reading^?	jure
Tajik reading^?	jüra

Noun


Iranian Persian	جوره
Dari	جوره
Tajik	ҷӯра

جوره • (jure)

(Tajik) friend
(dated) companion
- 19th century, “Masih Kashani, Farhang-e Anandraj”
  شهباز فلک جوره ٔ این کرکس نیست. در دهر کسی همسر این ناکس نیست
  šahbâz-e falak jure-ye in karkas nist, dar dahr kas-i hamsar-e in nâkas nist.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

جورگی (juregi, “friendship”)

Descendants

→ Uzbek: joʻra

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “جوره”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press