Jawi

See also: jawi and JAWI

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Jawi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæwi/, /d͡ʒɑːwi/
• Hyphenation: Ja‧wi

Proper noun

Jawi

1. The Arabic alphabet or writing system used for Malay or related languages.
2. The Malay language.

Translations

an alphabet

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爪夷文 (zh) (zhuǎyíwén)

• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 자위 문자 (jawi munja)
• Malay: Jawi

  Jawi: جاوي‎

• Persian: جاوی‎ (fa) (jâvi)
• Russian: джа́ви m (džávi)
• Spanish: jawi (es) m

Anagrams

• Ijaw

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic جاوي‎ (“Javan, of Southeast Asian origin”), a relative adjective (nisba) derived from جاوة‎ (jāwa, “Java”) + ي‎ (-i), from Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi), krama form of Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒawi/
• Rhymes: -awi, -wi, -i

Proper noun

Jawi (Jawi spelling جاوي‎)

1. Jawi (An alphabet)
2. Malay (People, language)

Anagrams

• jiwa