جستجو

Persian

Alternative forms

• جست‌وجو (jost-o-ju), جست و جو (jost o ju)

Etymology

جست (jost, past stem of جستن (jostan, “to look for”)) +‎ و (o, “and”) +‎ جو (ju, present stem of جستن (jostan, “to look for”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒus.tu.d͡ʒoː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊs.t̪ʰʊ.d͡ʒoː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊs.t̪ʰʊ.d͡ʒoː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊs.t̪ʰʊ.d͡ʒoː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒus.t̪ʰu.d͡ʒʊː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒos.t̪ʰo.d͡ʒuː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒus.t̪ʰu.d͡ʒɵ]

Readings
Classical reading?	justujō
Dari reading?	justujō
Iranian reading?	jostoju
Tajik reading?	justujü

Noun

Dari	جستجو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷустуҷӯ

جُستُجو • (jostoju) (plural جُستُجوها (jostoju-hâ))

1. search
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 329:

     روز شه در جستجو بی‌گاه شد / سوی آن کمپیر و آن خرگاه شد

     ruz-e šah dar jostoju bigâh šod / suy-e ân kampir o ân xargâh šod

     The King's day became late [far-spent] in searching [for the falcon]: he went (at last) to the old woman and the tent [where she lived].

2. quest

Derived terms

• جستجو کردن (jostoju kardan)
• جستجوگر (jostojugar)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: जुस्तजू (justajū)

  Urdu: جستجو (justajū)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜੁਸਤਜੂ (justajū)

  Shahmukhi script: جستجو (justajū)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جستجو (justujō), with the majhūl vowel shifted to a ma'rūf vowel (ō > ū).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʊs.t̪ə.d͡ʒuː/, /d͡ʒʊs.t̪ʊ.d͡ʒuː/

Noun

جُستَجُو or جُسْتُجُو • (justajū or justujū) f (Hindi spelling जुस्तजू or जुस्तुजू)

1. search, finding

   Synonyms: تلاش (talāś), ڈھونڈھ (ḍhūṇḍh)