جستجو
Persian
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): [d͡ʒus.tu.d͡ʒoː]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒʊs.t̪ʰʊ.d͡ʒoː]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒʊs.t̪ʰʊ.d͡ʒoː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒus.t̪ʰu.d͡ʒʊː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒos.t̪ʰo.d͡ʒuː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒus.t̪ʰu.d͡ʒɵ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | justujō |
| Dari reading? | justujō |
| Iranian reading? | jostoju |
| Tajik reading? | justujü |
Noun
| Dari | جستجو |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ҷустуҷӯ |
جُستُجو • (jostoju) (plural جُستُجوها (jostoju-hâ))
- search
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, 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].
- quest
Derived terms
- جستجو کردن (jostoju kardan)
- جستجوگر (jostojugar)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جستجو (justujō), with the majhūl vowel shifted to a ma'rūf vowel (ō > ū).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʊs.t̪ə.d͡ʒuː/, /d͡ʒʊs.t̪ʊ.d͡ʒuː/
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