جویدن

Persian

Alternative forms

جاویدن (jâvidan)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ywtn’ /⁠jūdan⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Cognate with English chew, Pashto ژول (žovạl, “to gnaw”), Baluchi (jáyag), Northern Kurdish cûtin, Northern Luri (jayı).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.wiː.ˈdan/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wiː.d̪än]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wiː.d̪än]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wi.d̪än]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.viː.d̪æn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.vi.d̪än]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jawīdan
Dari reading^?	jawīdan
Iranian reading^?	javidan
Tajik reading^?	javidan

Verb

جویدن • (javidan) (present stem جو (jav))

to chew; to gnaw
Synonym: خاییدن (xāyīdan/xâyidan)

― muš javide ― gnawed by mice

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “جویدن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim