جستجو
Persian
Alternative forms
- جستوجو (jost-o-ju), جست و جو (jost o ju)
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
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /d͡ʒustud͡ʒuː(j)/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /d͡ʒʊstʊd͡ʒuː(j)/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /d͡ʒostod͡ʒuː(j)/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /d͡ʒustud͡ʒɵː(j)/
Noun
Dari | جستجو |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ҷустуҷӯ (justujü) |
جُستُجو • (jostoju) (plural جُستُجوها (jostoju-hâ))
- search
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., 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].
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- quest
Derived terms
- جستجو کردن (jostoju kardan)
- جستجوگر (jostojugar)