jadoo
English
Alternative forms
- jaadu, jadu
Etymology
From Hindi जादू (jādū)/Urdu جادو (jādū), from Persian جادو (jâdu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑːˈduː/[1]
- Rhymes: -uː
Noun
jadoo (uncountable)
- (India, Pakistan) Magic, sorcery.
- 2005 [1888], Rudyard Kipling, “In the House of Suddhoo”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, page 99:
- Then, to encourage him further, I said that, if there was any jadoo afoot, I had not the least objection to giving it my countenance and sanction
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Related terms
- jaadugar
References
- Funk, Isaac K., editor (1894) A Standard Dictionary of the English Language, volume I, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, page 958