جوهر

See also: جوہر and خوهر

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaw.har/

Noun

جَوْهَر • (jawhar) m (collective, singulative جَوْهَرَة f (jawhara), plural جَوَاهِر (jawāhir))

  1. jewel(s)
    جَوْهَر فَرْد ― jawhar fard ― atom
  2. precious stone(s)
  3. pearl(s)
  4. gem(s), gemstone(s)
  5. any stone from which one may extract a profit
  6. precious ore
  7. veins of marble

Declension
Declension of noun جَوْهَر (jawhar)
Collective basic collective triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَوْهَر
jawhar		 الْجَوْهَر
al-jawhar		 جَوْهَر
jawhar
Nominative جَوْهَرٌ
jawharun		 الْجَوْهَرُ
al-jawharu		 جَوْهَرُ
jawharu
Accusative جَوْهَرًا
jawharan		 الْجَوْهَرَ
al-jawhara		 جَوْهَرَ
jawhara
Genitive جَوْهَرٍ
jawharin		 الْجَوْهَرِ
al-jawhari		 جَوْهَرِ
jawhari
Singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَوْهَرَة
jawhara		 الْجَوْهَرَة
al-jawhara		 جَوْهَرَة
jawharat
Nominative جَوْهَرَةٌ
jawharatun		 الْجَوْهَرَةُ
al-jawharatu		 جَوْهَرَةُ
jawharatu
Accusative جَوْهَرَةً
jawharatan		 الْجَوْهَرَةَ
al-jawharata		 جَوْهَرَةَ
jawharata
Genitive جَوْهَرَةٍ
jawharatin		 الْجَوْهَرَةِ
al-jawharati		 جَوْهَرَةِ
jawharati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَوْهَرَتَيْن
jawharatayn		 الْجَوْهَرَتَيْن
al-jawharatayn		 جَوْهَرَتَيْ
jawharatay
Nominative جَوْهَرَتَانِ
jawharatāni		 الْجَوْهَرَتَانِ
al-jawharatāni		 جَوْهَرَتَا
jawharatā
Accusative جَوْهَرَتَيْنِ
jawharatayni		 الْجَوْهَرَتَيْنِ
al-jawharatayni		 جَوْهَرَتَيْ
jawharatay
Genitive جَوْهَرَتَيْنِ
jawharatayni		 الْجَوْهَرَتَيْنِ
al-jawharatayni		 جَوْهَرَتَيْ
jawharatay
Paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَوْهَرَات
jawharāt		 الْجَوْهَرَات
al-jawharāt		 جَوْهَرَات
jawharāt
Nominative جَوْهَرَاتٌ
jawharātun		 الْجَوْهَرَاتُ
al-jawharātu		 جَوْهَرَاتُ
jawharātu
Accusative جَوْهَرَاتٍ
jawharātin		 الْجَوْهَرَاتِ
al-jawharāti		 جَوْهَرَاتِ
jawharāti
Genitive جَوْهَرَاتٍ
jawharātin		 الْجَوْهَرَاتِ
al-jawharāti		 جَوْهَرَاتِ
jawharāti
Plural of variety basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَوَاهِر
jawāhir		 الْجَوَاهِر
al-jawāhir		 جَوَاهِر
jawāhir
Nominative جَوَاهِرُ
jawāhiru		 الْجَوَاهِرُ
al-jawāhiru		 جَوَاهِرُ
jawāhiru
Accusative جَوَاهِرَ
jawāhira		 الْجَوَاهِرَ
al-jawāhira		 جَوَاهِرَ
jawāhira
Genitive جَوَاهِرَ
jawāhira		 الْجَوَاهِرِ
al-jawāhiri		 جَوَاهِرِ
jawāhiri

Noun

جَوْهَر • (jawhar) m (plural جَوَاهِر (jawāhir))

  1. essence (inherent nature), substance, matter, nature
  2. soul
  3. marrow
  4. worth, excellence

Declension
Declension of noun جَوْهَر (jawhar)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَوْهَر
jawhar		 الْجَوْهَر
al-jawhar		 جَوْهَر
jawhar
Nominative جَوْهَرٌ
jawharun		 الْجَوْهَرُ
al-jawharu		 جَوْهَرُ
jawharu
Accusative جَوْهَرًا
jawharan		 الْجَوْهَرَ
al-jawhara		 جَوْهَرَ
jawhara
Genitive جَوْهَرٍ
jawharin		 الْجَوْهَرِ
al-jawhari		 جَوْهَرِ
jawhari
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَوْهَرَيْن
jawharayn		 الْجَوْهَرَيْن
al-jawharayn		 جَوْهَرَيْ
jawharay
Nominative جَوْهَرَانِ
jawharāni		 الْجَوْهَرَانِ
al-jawharāni		 جَوْهَرَا
jawharā
Accusative جَوْهَرَيْنِ
jawharayni		 الْجَوْهَرَيْنِ
al-jawharayni		 جَوْهَرَيْ
jawharay
Genitive جَوْهَرَيْنِ
jawharayni		 الْجَوْهَرَيْنِ
al-jawharayni		 جَوْهَرَيْ
jawharay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَوَاهِر
jawāhir		 الْجَوَاهِر
al-jawāhir		 جَوَاهِر
jawāhir
Nominative جَوَاهِرُ
jawāhiru		 الْجَوَاهِرُ
al-jawāhiru		 جَوَاهِرُ
jawāhiru
Accusative جَوَاهِرَ
jawāhira		 الْجَوَاهِرَ
al-jawāhira		 جَوَاهِرَ
jawāhira
Genitive جَوَاهِرَ
jawāhira		 الْجَوَاهِرِ
al-jawāhiri		 جَوَاهِرِ
jawāhiri

Descendants
  • Maltese: ġawhar
  • → Azerbaijani: cövhər
  • → Chechen: жовхӏар (žovhar)
  • → Kazakh: жауһар (jauhar)
  • → Malay: jauhar
  • → Malay: Johor
  • → Middle Armenian: ջոհար (ǰohar), ջուար (ǰuar), ջօհար (ǰōhar), ջուհար (ǰuhar), ջաւհար (ǰawhar), ճոհար (čohar), ճուհար (čuhar), ճօհար (čōhar)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جوهر (cevher)
    • Turkish: cevher
    • → Armenian: ճէվհէր (čēvhēr)
    • → Greek: τζοβαΐρι (tzovaḯri)
    • → Ladino: chivayer
    • → Romanian: giuvaier
    • → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: џевер
      Latin script: džever
  • → Persian: جوهر (jowhar)
  • → Swahili: johari
  • ⇒ Arabic: جواهر pl (jawāhir)

References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar, “jewel, gem, precious stone”), from Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar, “jewel, gem”), from Middle Persian gwhl (gôhr).

Noun

جوهر • (cevher) (plural جواهر (cevahir))

  1. jewel, any valuable object used for personal ornamentation
    Synonyms: قویم (kuyum), مجوهر (mücevher)
  2. gem, gemstone, any precious or semi-precious stone
    Synonym: قیمتلو طاش (kıymetli taş)
  3. ore, rock or other material that contains valuable materials
    Synonym: معدن (maʼden)
  4. damascening, the process of making a sword damascene

Derived terms
  • جوهر علوی (cevher-i ʼulvi, “superior essence”)
  • جوهر فرد (cevher-i ferd, “atom”)
  • جوهر مجرد (cevher-i mücerred, “absolute essence”)
  • جوهردار (cevherdar, “set with jewels”)
  • جوهرلو (cevherli, “set with jewels”)
  • جوهری (cevheri, “pertaining to precious stones”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: cevher
  • → Armenian: ճէվհէր (čēvhēr)
  • → Greek: τζοβαΐρι (tzovaḯri)
  • → Ladino: chivayer
  • → Romanian: giuvaier
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: џевер
    Latin script: džever

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar), itself from Early Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar), from Middle Persian gwhl (gôhr).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒäw.hǽɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.wǽɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.wǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? jawhar
Dari reading? jawhar
Iranian reading? jowhar
Tajik reading? javhar

Noun

جوهر • (jowhar) (plural جواهر (javâher))

  1. (rare, obsolete or literary) jewel
  2. (rare, obsolete or literary) gem
  3. (rare, obsolete or literary) pearl

Noun

جوهر • (jowhar) (plural جوهرها (jowhar-hâ))

  1. (philosophy) essence, substance
  2. ink
  3. dye
  4. acid

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • جوهر سرکه (jowhar-e serke)
  • جوهر گوگرد (jowhar-e gugerd)
  • جوهر لیمو (jowhar-e limu)
  • جوهر نمک (jowhar-e namak)
  • جوهر مورچه (jowhar-e murče)
  • جوهری (jowhari)

Descendants
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