See also: جوں, خون, and چون

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Equivalent to English lagoon, via a Romance source with the la- part interpreted as article.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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جُون (jūn, jōnm (plural أَجْوَان (ʔajwān))

  1. bay, inlet, gulf, lagoon
Declension
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Declension of noun جُون (jūn)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal جُون
jūn
الْجُون
al-jūn
جُون
jūn
nominative جُونٌ
jūnun
الْجُونُ
al-jūnu
جُونُ
jūnu
accusative جُونًا
jūnan
الْجُونَ
al-jūna
جُونَ
jūna
genitive جُونٍ
jūnin
الْجُونِ
al-jūni
جُونِ
jūni
dual indefinite definite construct
informal جُونَيْن
jūnayn
الْجُونَيْن
al-jūnayn
جُونَيْ
jūnay
nominative جُونَانِ
jūnāni
الْجُونَانِ
al-jūnāni
جُونَا
jūnā
accusative جُونَيْنِ
jūnayni
الْجُونَيْنِ
al-jūnayni
جُونَيْ
jūnay
genitive جُونَيْنِ
jūnayni
الْجُونَيْنِ
al-jūnayni
جُونَيْ
jūnay
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَجْوَان
ʔajwān
الْأَجْوَان
al-ʔajwān
أَجْوَان
ʔajwān
nominative أَجْوَانٌ
ʔajwānun
الْأَجْوَانُ
al-ʔajwānu
أَجْوَانُ
ʔajwānu
accusative أَجْوَانًا
ʔajwānan
الْأَجْوَانَ
al-ʔajwāna
أَجْوَانَ
ʔajwāna
genitive أَجْوَانٍ
ʔajwānin
الْأَجْوَانِ
al-ʔajwāni
أَجْوَانِ
ʔajwāni
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From English John.

Proper noun

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جُون (jonm

  1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English John
Declension
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Declension of noun جُون (jon)
singular singular invariable
indefinite definite construct
informal جُون
jon
nominative جُون
jon
accusative جُون
jon
genitive جُون
jon

Etymology 3

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (gwn' /⁠gōn⁠/, colour, complexion), equalling Classical Persian گون (gūn).

Adjective

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جَوْن (jawn) (common plural جُون (jūn))

  1. (obsolete) reddish-black
    • a. 625, الأعشى al-ʾaʿšā, edited by Geyer, Rudolf, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎[1], volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, page 102:
      وَشِمِلَّةٍ حَرْفٍ كَأَنَّ قُتُودَهَا … جَلَّلْتُهَا (var. لَبَسْتُهَا) جَوْنَ السَّرَاةِ خَفَيْدَدًا
      wašimillatin ḥarfin kaʔanna qutūdahā … jallaltuhā (var. labastuhā) jawna s-sarāti ḵafaydadan
      Some hardy she-camel the saddle-woods of which I applied like upon a black-backed ostrich
Declension
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Declension of adjective جَوْن (jawn)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote basic singular triptote
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal جَوْن
jawn
الْجَوْن
al-jawn
جَوْن
jawn
الْجَوْن
al-jawn
nominative جَوْنٌ
jawnun
الْجَوْنُ
al-jawnu
جَوْنٌ
jawnun
الْجَوْنُ
al-jawnu
accusative جَوْنًا
jawnan
الْجَوْنَ
al-jawna
جَوْنًا
jawnan
الْجَوْنَ
al-jawna
genitive جَوْنٍ
jawnin
الْجَوْنِ
al-jawni
جَوْنٍ
jawnin
الْجَوْنِ
al-jawni
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal جَوْنَيْن
jawnayn
الْجَوْنَيْن
al-jawnayn
جَوْنَيْن
jawnayn
الْجَوْنَيْن
al-jawnayn
nominative جَوْنَانِ
jawnāni
الْجَوْنَانِ
al-jawnāni
جَوْنَانِ
jawnāni
الْجَوْنَانِ
al-jawnāni
accusative جَوْنَيْنِ
jawnayni
الْجَوْنَيْنِ
al-jawnayni
جَوْنَيْنِ
jawnayni
الْجَوْنَيْنِ
al-jawnayni
genitive جَوْنَيْنِ
jawnayni
الْجَوْنَيْنِ
al-jawnayni
جَوْنَيْنِ
jawnayni
الْجَوْنَيْنِ
al-jawnayni
plural masculine feminine
basic broken plural triptote basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal جُون
jūn
الْجُون
al-jūn
جُون
jūn
الْجُون
al-jūn
nominative جُونٌ
jūnun
الْجُونُ
al-jūnu
جُونٌ
jūnun
الْجُونُ
al-jūnu
accusative جُونًا
jūnan
الْجُونَ
al-jūna
جُونًا
jūnan
الْجُونَ
al-jūna
genitive جُونٍ
jūnin
الْجُونِ
al-jūni
جُونٍ
jūnin
الْجُونِ
al-jūni

References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “جون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 236
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “جون”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[3] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 327
  • Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “جون”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 491–492.
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “جون”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[4] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 359
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1879) “Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen von Fritz Hommel. Leipzig 1879, J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung XX und 471 S. in Octav”, in Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen[5] (in German), page 1273, to Hommel, Fritz (1879) Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen[6] (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 64

Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English goal with assimilation of the -l- to the adjacent nasal.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جون (gōnm (plural أجوان (ʔagwān))

  1. (sports) goal

Malay

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Proper noun

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جون

  1. Jawi spelling of Jun.‎‎

Persian

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Etymology 1

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See جان

Noun

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جون (jun)

  1. (Iran, dialectal) colloquial-un form of جان

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English June.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Dari reading? jūn
Iranian reading? jun

Proper noun

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Dari جون
Iranian Persian ژوئن
Tajik июн

جون (jūn / jun)

  1. (Dari, sometimes Iran) June

See also

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Gregorian calendar months in Persian · مَاه‌هَایِ تَقْوِیمِ گْریگورِی (māh-hā-yi taqwīm-i grēgōrī)
(Dari Persian) (layout · text)
January February March April
جَنْوَرِی (janwarī) فِبْرُوَرِی (fibruwarī),
فَرْوَرِی (farwarī)
مَارْچ (mārč) اَپْریل (aprēl)
May June July August
می () جُون (jūn) جُولَای (jūlāy) اَگَسْت (agast)
September October November December
سِپْتِمْبَر (siptimbar) اَکْتوبَر (aktōbar) نُوِمْبَر (nuwimbar) دِسِمْبَر (disimbar)