جادو

Arabic

Etymology

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Proper noun

جَادُو • (jādū) f

  1. A town in north-western Libya

Baluchi

Noun

جادو • (jádú)

  1. magic
  2. enchantment

See also

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms
  • جاذو (cazu)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جادو (jādū).

Noun

جادو (cadu)

  1. sorcerer / sorceress
  2. fair eye

Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: cadu
  • Ottoman Turkish: جادو (cadu, cadı), جاذو (cazı), جادی (cadu, cadı), جاذی (cazı)
    • Turkish: cadı
    • → Armenian: ջազի (ǰazi)
    • → Bulgarian: джади́я (džadíja), джиди́я (džidíja)
    • → Laz: ჯაზი (cazi), ჯადი (cadi)
    • → Macedonian: џадија (džadija)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: џа̀дија
      Latin script: džàdija

Further reading
  • 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)‎, Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, →ISBN, page 51

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms
  • جاذو (cazı), جادی (cadu, cadı), جاذی (cazı)

Etymology

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

Noun

جادو • (cadu, cadı)

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

Descendants
  • Turkish: cadı
  • → Armenian: ջազի (ǰazi)
  • → Bulgarian: джади́я (džadíja), джиди́я (džidíja)
  • → Laz: ჯაზი (cazi), ჯადი (cadi)
  • → Macedonian: џадија (džadija)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: џа̀дија
    Latin script: džàdija

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

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
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑː.d̪úː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑː.d̪úː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɔː.d̪ú]

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

Noun
Dari جادو
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷоду

جادو • (jâdu)

  1. magic, charm, enchantment, conjuration
  2. (obsolete) juggling
  3. (archaic) wizard, conjurer

Derived terms

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جادو (jādū).

Pronunciation

Noun

جادو • (jādū) m (Hindi spelling जादू)

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

Derived terms
  • جادوگر (jādūgar, “magician, wizard, sorcerer”)
  • جادوگری (jādūgarī, “wizardry, sorcery”)
  • جادوئی (jāduī, “magical, enchanted”)

References
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