جهود

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yhwt' /jahūd/, “Jew”).

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊˈhuːd]

Noun

جهود • (johud) (plural جهودان‎ (johudân))

(archaic) Jew
(now offensive, ethnic slur) yid, kike

Synonyms

یهود‎ (yahud)
یهودی‎ (yahudi)
کلیمی‎ (kalimi)

Descendants

Judeo-Tat: жугьур (çuhur)
- ⇒ Judeo-Tat: жугьури (çuhuri)
  - → English: Juhuri, Juwuri, Juvuri
→ Azerbaijani: cuhud
→ Middle Armenian: ջհուտ (ǰhut), ջհուդ (ǰhud), ջֆուտ (ǰfut)
- Armenian: ջհուդ (ǰhud)
→ Kipchak: ǵuhut
→ Ottoman Turkish: چفوت‎ (çıfut), چفود‎ (çıfud)
- Turkish: Çıfıt
- → Aromanian: cifut
- → Albanian: çifut
- → Bulgarian: чифу̀т (čifùt)
- → Greek: τσιφούτης (tsifoútis)
- → Romanian: ciufut
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin: Čìfut
  Cyrillic: Чѝфут

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “ǰahūd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

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