जव
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘕𑘄 (jau), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀚𑀯 (java), from Sanskrit यव (yáva). Compare Hindustani جَو / जौ (jau), Gujarati જવ (jav), Punjabi ਜੌਂ (jaũ) / جوں (joṉ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡zəʋ/
Noun
जव • (jav) m
- barley
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine, “जव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “जव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “जव”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yáva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 603
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- java (Latin script)
- 𑀚𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- জৰ (Bengali script)
- ජව (Sinhalese script)
- ဇဝ or ၹဝ (Burmese script)
- ชว or ชะวะ (Thai script)
- ᨩᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ຊວ or ຊະວະ (Lao script)
- ជវ (Khmer script)
- 𑄎𑅇 (Chakma script)
Noun
जव m
- Devanagari script form of java
Sanskrit
FWOTD – 25 May 2020
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬚᬯ (Balinese script)
- জৱ (Assamese script)
- জব (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌜𑌵 (Grantha script)
- જવ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦗꦮ (Javanese script)
- ជវ (Khmer script)
- ಜವ (Kannada script)
- ຊວ (Lao script)
- ജവ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘕𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡯᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဇဝ (Burmese script)
- 𑦵𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐰 (Newa script)
- ଜଵ (Oriya script)
- ꢙꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖪 (Siddham script)
- ජව (Sinhalese script)
- జవ (Telugu script)
- ชว (Thai script)
- ཛ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
जू (√jū, “hurry, speed, press forward, incite”)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.ʋɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐ.ʋɐ/
Noun
जव • (jáva) m
- speed, velocity, swiftness
- haste, hurry
- impulse of the mind (Vedic, only in the plural)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.71.8
- हृदा तष्टेषु मनसो जवेषु
- hr̥dā́ taṣṭéṣu mánaso javéṣu
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of जव (jáva) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | जवः jávaḥ | जवौ jávau | जवाः / जवासः¹ jávāḥ / jávāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | जव jáva | जवौ jávau | जवाः / जवासः¹ jávāḥ / jávāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | जवम् jávam | जवौ jávau | जवान् jávān |
| Instrumental | जवेन jávena | जवाभ्याम् jávābhyām | जवैः / जवेभिः¹ jávaiḥ / jávebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | जवाय jávāya | जवाभ्याम् jávābhyām | जवेभ्यः jávebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | जवात् jávāt | जवाभ्याम् jávābhyām | जवेभ्यः jávebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | जवस्य jávasya | जवयोः jávayoḥ | जवानाम् jávānām |
| Locative | जवे jáve | जवयोः jávayoḥ | जवेषु jáveṣu |
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Descendants
- Tamil: சவம் (cavam)
- Pali: java
Adjective
जव • (jáva)
- swift, fast