جوهر
Persian
noun
Definitions
- (rare) jewel
- (rare) gem
- (rare) pearl
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَوْهَر (jewels, jewel, gem) derived from Persian گوهر (pearl, jewel, name, gem) derived from Middle Persian gwhl (essence, substance, jewel).
Origin
Middle Persian
gwhl
Gloss
essence, substance, jewel
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
玉, 珠
Emoji
💎
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- الجَوْهَر, جَوْهَر Arabic
- جوهر Arabic
- جوهرة Arabic
- جَوَاهِر Arabic
- جَوْهَر Arabic
- جواهر Persian
- گوهر Persian
- jauhar Indonesian
- գոհար Old Armenian
- Johor Malay
- гауһар Kazakh
- жауһар Kazakh
- جوهر Ottoman Turkish
- გოარი Georgian
- johari Swahili
- ġawhra Maltese
- гәүһәр Bashkir
- gwhl Middle Persian
- ջոհար Middle Armenian
- *gauθra Old Persian
- *gauθra- Old Persian
- الجوهر Andalusian Arabic
- جوهر, الجوهر Andalusian Arabic