جلو

See also: حلو and خلو

Persian

Etymology

Perhaps from Mongolian жолоо (žoloo, “rein”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒilaw/
• (Dari) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪlaw/
• (Iran) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒelow/
  • (Tehran) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoloː/
• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒilav/

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Noun

جلو • (jelow or jolow)

1. front

   Synonym: پیش (piš)

   Antonyms: عقب ('aqab), پشت (pošt)

2. rein, bridle, bridle-rein

Adverb

جلو • (jelow or jolow)

1. forward, ahead

   Antonym: عقب ('aqab)

Derived terms

(ezâfe-preposition)

• جلوی (jelow-ye, “in front of”)

(verbs)

• جلو افتادن (jelow oftâdan, “to outpace”)
• جلو انداختن (jelow andâxtan, “to promote”)
• جلو بردن (jelow bordan, “to carry forward”)
• جلو رفتن (jelow raftan, “to advance”)

 

(others)

• جلوخان (jelowxân)
• جلودار (jelowdâr)
• جلوگیری (jelowgiri)
• شیشه‌ی جلو (šiše-ye jelow)
• پول جلو (pul-e jelow)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cilov

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit ज्वलति (jvalati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́wálHati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwélHeti.

Verb

جلو (jalu)

1. to burn (intransitive)

References

• “جلو”, in Inam Ullah Torwali-Urdu Dictionary (in Urdu), South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 2005