جون
See also: جوں, خون, and چون
Arabic
Etymology 1
Equivalent to English lagoon, via a Romance source with the la- part interpreted as article.
Alternative forms
- جُونَة (jūna)
Noun
جُون • (jūn, jōn) m (plural أَجْوَان (ʔajwān))
- bay, inlet, gulf, lagoon
Declension
Declension of noun جُون (jūn)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جُون jūn | الْجُون al-jūn | جُون jūn |
| Nominative | جُونٌ jūnun | الْجُونُ al-jūnu | جُونُ jūnu |
| Accusative | جُونًا jūnan | الْجُونَ al-jūna | جُونَ jūna |
| Genitive | جُونٍ jūnin | الْجُونِ al-jūni | جُونِ jūni |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | جُونَيْن jūnayn | الْجُونَيْن al-jūnayn | جُونَيْ jūnay |
| Nominative | جُونَانِ jūnāni | الْجُونَانِ al-jūnāni | جُونَا jūnā |
| Accusative | جُونَيْنِ jūnayni | الْجُونَيْنِ al-jūnayni | جُونَيْ jūnay |
| Genitive | جُونَيْنِ jūnayni | الْجُونَيْنِ al-jūnayni | جُونَيْ jūnay |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَجْوَان ʔajwān | الْأَجْوَان al-ʔajwān | أَجْوَان ʔajwān |
| Nominative | أَجْوَانٌ ʔajwānun | الْأَجْوَانُ al-ʔajwānu | أَجْوَانُ ʔajwānu |
| Accusative | أَجْوَانًا ʔajwānan | الْأَجْوَانَ al-ʔajwāna | أَجْوَانَ ʔajwāna |
| Genitive | أَجْوَانٍ ʔajwānin | الْأَجْوَانِ al-ʔajwāni | أَجْوَانِ ʔajwāni |
Derived terms
- جون الْكُوَيْت (jōn al-kuwayt, “Kuwait Bay”)
Etymology 2
From English John.
Proper noun
جُون • (jon) m
- a male given name from en, equivalent to English John
Declension
Declension of noun جُون (jon)
| Singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | جُون jon | — |
| Nominative | — | جُون jon | — |
| Accusative | — | جُون jon | — |
| Genitive | — | جُون jon | — |
Etymology 3
From Middle Persian equalling Classical Persian گون (gōn, “colour”).
Adjective
جَوْن • (jawn) (masculine plural جُون (jūn))
- (obsolete) reddish-black
- a. 625, الأعشى al-ʾaʿšā, Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, page 102:
- وَشِمِلَّةٍ حَرْفٍ كَأَنَّ قُتُودَهَا … جَلَّلْتُهَا (var. لَبَسْتُهَا) جَوْنَ السَّرَاةِ خَفَيْدَدًا
- wašimillatin ḥarfin kaʔanna qutūdahā … jallaltuhā (var. labastuhā) jawna s-sarāti ḵafaydadan
- Some hardy she-camel the saddle-woods of which I applied like upon a black-backed ostrich
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Declension
Declension of adjective جَوْن (jawn)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | جَوْن jawn | الْجَوْن al-jawn | جَوْنَة jawna | الْجَوْنَة al-jawna |
| Nominative | جَوْنٌ jawnun | الْجَوْنُ al-jawnu | جَوْنَةٌ jawnatun | الْجَوْنَةُ al-jawnatu |
| Accusative | جَوْنًا jawnan | الْجَوْنَ al-jawna | جَوْنَةً jawnatan | الْجَوْنَةَ al-jawnata |
| Genitive | جَوْنٍ jawnin | الْجَوْنِ al-jawni | جَوْنَةٍ jawnatin | الْجَوْنَةِ al-jawnati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | جَوْنَيْن jawnayn | الْجَوْنَيْن al-jawnayn | جَوْنَتَيْن jawnatayn | الْجَوْنَتَيْن al-jawnatayn |
| Nominative | جَوْنَانِ jawnāni | الْجَوْنَانِ al-jawnāni | جَوْنَتَانِ jawnatāni | الْجَوْنَتَانِ al-jawnatāni |
| Accusative | جَوْنَيْنِ jawnayni | الْجَوْنَيْنِ al-jawnayni | جَوْنَتَيْنِ jawnatayni | الْجَوْنَتَيْنِ al-jawnatayni |
| Genitive | جَوْنَيْنِ jawnayni | الْجَوْنَيْنِ al-jawnayni | جَوْنَتَيْنِ jawnatayni | الْجَوْنَتَيْنِ al-jawnatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| basic broken plural triptote | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | جُون jūn | الْجُون al-jūn | جَوْنَات jawnāt | الْجَوْنَات al-jawnāt |
| Nominative | جُونٌ jūnun | الْجُونُ al-jūnu | جَوْنَاتٌ jawnātun | الْجَوْنَاتُ al-jawnātu |
| Accusative | جُونًا jūnan | الْجُونَ al-jūna | جَوْنَاتٍ jawnātin | الْجَوْنَاتِ al-jawnāti |
| Genitive | جُونٍ jūnin | الْجُونِ al-jūni | جَوْنَاتٍ jawnātin | الْجَوْنَاتِ al-jawnāti |
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “جون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 236
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “جون”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 327
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “جون”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 491–492
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “جون”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 359
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1879), “Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen von Fritz Hommel. Leipzig 1879, J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung XX und 471 S. in Octav”, in Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen (in German), page 1273, to Hommel, Fritz (1879) Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 64
Malay
Alternative forms
- Jun
Etymology
From English June, from Middle English jun, june, from juyng, from Old French juing, from Latin iūnius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d͡ʒon]
- Rhymes: -d͡ʒon, -on
Proper noun
جون (Rumi spelling Jun)
- June (sixth month of the Gregorian calendar)
Persian
Noun
جون • (jun)
- (colloquial, Iran) Spoken form of جان (jân).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English June.
Pronunciation
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒuːn/
Proper noun
| Dari | جون |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | ژوئن |
| Tajik | июн (iyun) |
جون • (jûn)
- (Dari) June
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months [in Dari]) جنوری (janwari), فبروری (fibrwarî), مارچ (mârč), اپریل (aprêl), می (may), جون (jûn), جولای (jôlây), اگست (agast), سپتمبر (siptimbar), اکتوبر (aktôbar), نومبر (nôwimbar), دسمبر (disimbar) (Category: fa:Gregorian calendar months)