جنوب

See also: حنوت‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From ج ن ب‎ (j-n-b) with the base stem meaning “to go aside”, “to go far off in a direction”, ”to remove to a distance”, “to be remote”, “to change” or “to veer”, “to take off one's clothes” or “to lay them aside”. The direction originates as the name of a positively-viewed warm-moist southerly wind, the humid weather allowing clothes to be laid aside, whereas شِمَال‎ (šimāl, “north”) comes from a root ش م ل‎ (š-m-l) with the meaning “bundling up” or “wrapping up” because that wind by contrast necessitated wrapping up clothes. Also see Canopus (Canopus), and سُهَيْل‎ (suhayl, “Canopus”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.nuːb/
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- (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.nuːb/

Noun

جَنُوب • (janūb) m

south

Declension

Declension of noun جَنُوب (janūb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَنُوب janūb	الْجَنُوب‎ al-janūb	جَنُوب janūb
Nominative	جَنُوبٌ janūbun	الْجَنُوبُ‎ al-janūbu	جَنُوبُ janūbu
Accusative	جَنُوبًا‎ janūban	الْجَنُوبَ‎ al-janūba	جَنُوبَ janūba
Genitive	جَنُوبٍ janūbin	الْجَنُوبِ‎ al-janūbi	جَنُوبِ janūbi

Descendants

Azerbaijani: cənub
Pashto: جنوب‎ (ǰanúb)
Persian: جنوب‎ (jonub)
Tajik: ҷануб (janub)
Turkish: cenup
Uyghur: جەنۇب‎ (jenub)
Uzbek: janub

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “جنب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
“جنب” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 464-468.

Etymology 2

From ج ن ب‎ (j-n-b).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu.nuːb/

Noun

جُنُوب • (junūb) m pl

plural of جَنْب‎ (janb)

Etymology 3

From ج ن ب‎ (j-n-b).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu.nuːb/

Noun

جُنُوب • (junūb) m

verbal noun of جَنَبَ‎ (janaba) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun جُنُوب (junūb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُنُوب junūb	الْجُنُوب‎ al-junūb	جُنُوب junūb
Nominative	جُنُوبٌ junūbun	الْجُنُوبُ‎ al-junūbu	جُنُوبُ junūbu
Accusative	جُنُوبًا‎ junūban	الْجُنُوبَ‎ al-junūba	جُنُوبَ junūba
Genitive	جُنُوبٍ junūbin	الْجُنُوبِ‎ al-junūbi	جُنُوبِ junūbi

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic جَنُوب‎ (janūb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [dʒoˈnuːb]
(obsolete) IPA^(key): [dʒæˈnuːb]

Noun

Dari Persian	جنوب‎
Iranian Persian	جنوب‎
Tajiki Persian	ҷануб (janub)

جنوب • (jonub)

south

‏‎
vey dar jonub-e irân zendegi mi-konad.
He/she lives in the south of Iran. (more literary)

‏‎
u tu-ye jonub-e irân zendegi mi-kone.
He/she lives in the south of Iran. (more colloquial)

Derived terms

جنوبی‎ (janubi)

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