جوو

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

جوولەکە‎ (cûleke)

Etymology

Compare Classical Persian ‎ (ǰuhūd, “Jew”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yhwt' /ǰahūd/, “Jew”) and Parthian [Manichaean needed] (yhwd /yehūd/, “Jew”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	cihû

جوو (cû)

Jew

References

îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008), “جوو”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 282
Wahby, T.; Edmonds, C. J. (1966), “Cû”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 24
Karadaghi, R. (2006), “Jew”, in The Azadi: English-Kurdish Dictionary, New York: Ehsan, page 499