Hindustani to Persian (Letter ja or je)
This is the sixth letter of the Arabic and Persian alphabet.
I made a note of the words in Hindi that have their roots in Persian. Bonus: I have mentioned Gujarati for some words too on an empirical basis.
Notes:
This is an evolving article.
r = romanized
Persian (r) — Hindi (r) — Gujarati (r) — English
jábajá — jaabajaa — N.A. — here and there, from place to place — [link]
jádú — jaadu — jaadu — magic — [link]
jádúgar — jaadugar — jaadugar — magician — [link]
jahán — jahaan — N.A. — [link]
jári — jaari — N.A. — current, running, happening
jásús — jaasus — jaasoos — a spy
jásúsi — jaasusi— jaasoosi— a spying
jágir — jaagir — jaagir — land
jágirdár— jaagirdaar— jaagirdaar— landlord
jám — jaam — N.A. — a cup (in Persian), a shot of alcohol (in Hindi)
ján — jaan — N.A. — the soul, spirit, love, heart, self
jánbáz — jaanbaaz — N.A. — daring, risking life
jánnisár — jaannisaar — N.A. — a devoted servent — [link]
jándár —jaandaar — N.A. — a living creature (in Persian), a lively person (in Hindi)
jánwar — jaanwar — janawar — an animal
jáni — jaani — N.A. — a friend, a lover, soul — [link]
jáhil — jaahil — N.A. — ignorant, barbarous (in Persian), uneducated (in Hindi)
jáedád —jaaedaad — jaaidaad — assets, fund, land, property
jabbár — jabbar — jabbar — mighty
jabar — jabar — jabru — power, violence, force — [link]
judái— judaai — judaa i— separate — [link]
juráb — juraab-N.A. — a sock
jurát — jurrarat — N.A. — audacity, boldness
jurm — jurm — N.A. — a crime
jism — jism — N.A. — body
jismáni — jismaani — N.A. —corpulent (in Persian), bodily (in Hindi)
jashan — jashan — N.A. — fest, feast, festival — [link]
jigar — jigar — jigar — liver, heart, spirit
julláb — julaab — julaab —any purgative
jald — jald — N.A. — quick, speedy
jaldi — jaldi — jaldi — quick, speedy
jalwáh — jalwa — jalwo — splendor — [link]
janáb — janaab — N.A. — majesty (in Persian), Mr (in Hindi)
jinn — jinn — N.A. — a spirit
janáb-ali — janaab e ali — N.A. — excellency
jannát — jannat — N.A. — heaven
janázah — janaazaah — N.A. — a funeral
jumbish — N.A. — jumbish — agitation, movement
jund — zund — jund — troop, army (in Persian), in a group or in large number (In Gujarati)
jang — jang — N.A. — a war, a battle
jangal — jungle — jungal — a forest
jangali — jangli — jangli — wild, savage
janún — junoon — janun — insanity (in Persian), passion (in Hindi)
janúni — janooni — januni — insane, mad
jau — jau — jav — barley
jawáb — jawaab-jawab — an answer
jawán — jawan — juvaan — young, a soldier (in Hindi)
jawáni — jawani — juvaani — youth — [link]
josh — josh — josh — heat, boiling — [link]
jauhari — jauhari — javeri— a jeweler
júhi — juhi — jui — a flower
jahán — jahan — N.A. — world
References
Sen, R. (1841). A dictionary in Persian and English, with the pronunciation of Persian words in the roman character. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press.
Have a look at the Github article in table form here: https://github.com/anjani-dhrangadhariya/persian-hindi/blob/main/letter_ba.md
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