جستجو

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

جست (jost, past stem of جستن (jostan, to look for)) + و (o, and) + جو (ju, present stem of جستن (jostan, to look for)).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒʊs.t̪ʰʊ.d͡ʒoː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒʊs.t̪ʰʊ.d͡ʒoː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒus.t̪ʰu.d͡ʒʊː]

Readings
Classical reading? justujō
Dari reading? justujō
Iranian reading? jostoju
Tajik reading? justujü

Noun

Dari جستجو
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷустуҷӯ

جُستُجو • (jostoju) (plural جُستُجوها (jostoju-hâ))

  1. search
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 329:
      روز شه در جستجو بی‌گاه شد / سوی آن کمپیر و آن خرگاه شد
      ruz-e šah dar jostoju bigâh šod / suy-e ân kampir o ân xargâh šod
      The King's day became late [far-spent] in searching [for the falcon]: he went (at last) to the old woman and the tent [where she lived].
  2. quest

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: जुस्तजू (justajū)
    Urdu: جستجو (justajū)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜੁਸਤਜੂ (justajū)
    Shahmukhi script: جستجو (justajū)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جستجو (justujō), with the majhūl vowel shifted to a ma'rūf vowel (ō > ū).

Pronunciation

Noun

جُستَجُو or جُسْتُجُو • (justajū or justujū) f (Hindi spelling जुस्तजू or जुस्तुजू)

  1. search, finding
    Synonyms: تلاش (talāś), ڈھونڈھ (ḍhūṇḍh)
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