جنوب

See also: حنوت

Arabic

Etymology 1

From ج ن ب (j-n-b) with the base stem meaning “to go aside”, “to go far off in a direction”, ”to remove to a distance”, “to be remote”, “to change” or “to veer”, “to take off one's clothes” or “to lay them aside”. The direction originates as the name of a positively-viewed warm-moist southerly wind, the humid weather allowing clothes to be laid aside, whereas شَمَال (šamāl, “north”) comes from a root ش م ل (š-m-l) with the meaning “bundling up” or “wrapping up” because that wind by contrast necessitated wrapping up clothes. Also see Canopus, and سُهَيْل (suhayl, “Canopus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.nuːb/

• Audio:

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  • (Egypt) IPA^(key): /ɡa.nuːb/

Noun

جَنُوب • (janūb) m

1. south

Declension

Declension of noun جَنُوب (janūb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَنُوب janūb	الْجَنُوب al-janūb	جَنُوب janūb
Nominative	جَنُوبٌ janūbun	الْجَنُوبُ al-janūbu	جَنُوبُ janūbu
Accusative	جَنُوبًا janūban	الْجَنُوبَ al-janūba	جَنُوبَ janūba
Genitive	جَنُوبٍ janūbin	الْجَنُوبِ al-janūbi	جَنُوبِ janūbi

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) اِتِّجَاهَات الْبَوْصَلَةِ (ittijāhāt al-bawṣalati);

شَمَال غَرْبِيّ (šamāl ḡarbiyy)	شَمَال (šamāl)	شَمَال شَرْقِيّ (šamāl šarqiyy)
غَرْب (ḡarb)		شَرْق (šarq)
جَنُوب غَرْبِيّ (janūb ḡarbiyy)	جَنُوب (janūb)	جَنُوب شَرْقِيّ (janūb šarqiyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cənub
• → Pashto: جنوب (ǰanúb)
• → Persian: جنوب (jonub)
• → Punjabi: ਜਨੂਬ (janūb)
• → Tajik: ҷануб (janub)
• → Turkish: cenup
• → Uyghur: جەنۇب (jenub)
• → Uzbek: janub

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “جنب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• “جنب” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 464-468.

Etymology 2

Root
ج ن ب (j-n-b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu.nuːb/

Noun

جُنُوب • (junūb) m pl

1. plural of جَنْب (janb)

Etymology 3

Root
ج ن ب (j-n-b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu.nuːb/

Noun

جُنُوب • (junūb) m

1. verbal noun of جَنَبَ (janaba) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun جُنُوب (junūb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُنُوب junūb	الْجُنُوب al-junūb	جُنُوب junūb
Nominative	جُنُوبٌ junūbun	الْجُنُوبُ al-junūbu	جُنُوبُ junūbu
Accusative	جُنُوبًا junūban	الْجُنُوبَ al-junūba	جُنُوبَ junūba
Genitive	جُنُوبٍ junūbin	الْجُنُوبِ al-junūbi	جُنُوبِ junūbi

Azerbaijani

Noun

جنوب

1. Arabic spelling of cənub

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ج ن ب
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَنُوب (janūb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.nuːb/

Noun

جنوب • (janūb) m

1. south

Derived terms

• جنوبي (janūbi, “southern”)

See also

(compass points)

	شمال
غرب		شرق
	جنوب

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنُوب (janūb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒa.ˈnuːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.núːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.núːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.núːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.núb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒo.núːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.núb]

Readings
Classical reading?	janūḇ
Dari reading?	janūb
Iranian reading?	jonub
Tajik reading?	janub

Noun

Dari	جنوب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷануб

جنوب • (jonub)

1. south

   Synonym: نیمروز (nimruz)

   وی در جنوب ایران زندگی می‌کند.

   vey dar jonub-e irân zendegi mi-konad.

   He/she lives in the south of Iran. (more literary)

   اون توی جنوب ایران زندگی می‌کنه.

   un tu-ye jonub-e irân zendegi mi-kone.

   He/she lives in the south of Iran. (more colloquial)

2. (Iran) southern Iran

   سربازی نوید افتاده جنوب! ― sarbâzi-ye navid oftâde jonub! ― Navid's militiary service has been decided to be in southern Iran!

Derived terms

• جنوبی (jonubi)
• جنوبگان (jonubegân)
• قطب جنوب (qotb-e jonub)
• جنوب غربی (jonub-e ğarbi)
• جنوب شرقی (jonub-e šarqi)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ن ب
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَنُوب (janūb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.nuːb/, [ʒaˈnuːb]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

جنوب • (janūb) m

1. south

Derived terms

• جنوبي (janūbi, “southern”)

See also

(compass points)

	شمال (šamāl)
غرب (ḡarb)		شرق (šarq)
	جنوب (janūb)