جادو

Arabic

Etymology

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Proper noun

جَادُو • (jādūf

  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
  • Gagauz: cadı
  • 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)Lome
    • 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)‎[1], 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)Lome
  • Macedonian: џадија (džadija)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: џа̀дија
    Latin script: džàdija

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

    Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭪𐭠 (yʾtʿkʾ /⁠ǰādūg⁠/, wizardry; wizard), from Old Persian 𐎹𐎠𐎬𐎢 (y-a-tu-u /⁠yātu⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš. Cognate with Sanskrit या॒तु (yātú).

    Pronunciation

     

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

    Noun

    جادو • (jādū / jâdu) (Tajik spelling ҷоду)

    1. magic, charm, enchantment, conjuration
      Synonyms: سحر (sehr), افسون (afsun), شعبده (šo'bade)
    2. (archaic) wizard, conjurer, sorcerer, witch
      Synonyms: ساحر (sâher), جادوگر (jâdugar), افسونگر (afsungar)
      • c. 977-1010, ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی [Abu l-Qāsim Firdawsi Tūsi], “The reign of Gushtāsp”, in شاهنامه [šāhnāma, Shahnameh]‎[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 payġambarī
        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

    Descendants

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian جَادُو (jādū), from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭪𐭠 (yʾtʿkʾ /⁠ǰādūg⁠/, wizardry; wizard), from Old Persian 𐎹𐎠𐎬𐎢 (y-a-tu-u /⁠yātu⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      جادو • (jādūm (Hindi spelling जादू)

      1. magic
      2. enchantment
      3. charm
      4. incantation

      Synonyms

      Derived terms

      • جادوگر (jādūgar, magician, witch, wizard, sorcerer)
      • جادوگری (jādūgarī, magic skill, witchcraft, wizardry, sorcery)
      • جادوئی (jāduī, magical, enchanted, bewitched)

      References