جون

See also: جوں, خون, and چون

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• جُونَة (jūna)

Noun

جُون • (jūn, jōn) m (plural أَجْوَان (ʔajwān))

1. bay, inlet, gulf, lagoon

Declension

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

• جون الْكُوَيْت (jōn al-kuwayt, “Kuwait Bay”)

Etymology 2

From English John.

Proper noun

جُون • (jon) m

1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English John

Declension

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

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

Adjective

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

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

• 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 C^ie, 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːn/

Noun

جون • (gōn) m (plural أجوان (ʔagwān))

1. (sports) goal

Malay

Proper noun

جون

1. Jawi spelling of Jun.‎‎

Persian

Etymology 1

See جان

Noun

جون • (jun)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English June.

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuːn]

Readings
Dari reading?	jūn
Iranian reading?	jun

Proper noun

Dari	جون
Iranian Persian	ژوئن
Tajik	июн

جون • (jūn / jun)

1. (Dari, sometimes Iran) June

See also

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 (mē)	جُون (jūn)	جُولَای (jūlāy)	اَگَسْت (agast)
September	October	November	December
سِپْتِمْبَر (siptimbar)	اَکْتوبَر (aktōbar)	نُوِمْبَر (nuwimbar)	دِسِمْبَر (disimbar)