جادو

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Proper noun

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جَادُو (jādūf

  1. A town in north-western Libya

Baluchi

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Noun

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جادو (jádú)

  1. magic
  2. enchantment

See also

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Old Anatolian Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian جادو (jādū).

Noun

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جادو (cadu)

  1. sorcerer / sorceress
  2. fair eye

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Pomorska, Marzanna (2013) Materials for a Historical Dictionary of New Persian Loanwords in Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish from the 13th to the 16th Century (Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia; 13)‎[1], Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, →ISBN, page 51

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish جادو (cadu), from Classical Persian جادو (jādū).

Noun

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جادو (cadu, cadı)

  1. magician, sorcerer / sorceress
    Synonyms: بوكوجی (büyücü), سحرباز (sihrbaz)
  2. phantom; vampire, ghoul etc.
  3. (figurative) cantankerous woman, harridan

Descendants

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Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yʾtwk' /⁠ǰādūg⁠/, wizardry; wizard), from Old Persian [script needed] (y-a-tu-u /⁠yātu⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš. Compare Sanskrit यातु (yātu).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? jāḏū
Dari reading? jādū
Iranian reading? jâdu
Tajik reading? jodu

Noun

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Dari جادو
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷоду

جادو (jâdu)

  1. magic, charm, enchantment, conjuration
    Synonyms: سحر (sehr), افسون (afsun), شعبده (ša'bade)
  2. (archaic) wizard, conjurer, sorcerer, witch
    Synonyms: ساحر (sâher), جادوگر (jâdugar), افسونگر (afsungar)
    • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Gushtāsp”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎[3]:
      یکی جادو آمد به دین آوری
      به ایران به دعوی پیغمبری
      همی گوید از آسمان آمدم
      ز نزد خدای جهان آمدم
      yakē jādū āmad ba dīn āwarī
      ba ērān ba da'wā-yi payğambarī
      hamē gōyad az āsmān āmadam
      zi nazd-i xudā-yi jahān āmadam
      A sorcerer came to bring his religion
      To Iran, claiming to be a prophet.
      He would say, "I have come from the heavens,
      I have come from the Lord of the world."
      (Classical Persian romanization)
  3. (obsolete) juggling

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian جادو (jādū).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جادو (jādūm (Hindi spelling जादू)

  1. magic
  2. enchantment, charm
  3. incantation
    Synonym: ٹونا (ṭonā)

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