پیجو
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From پی (pey, “following”) + ـجو (-ju, “seeker”). Sense 2 is a phono-semantic matching of English pager.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [paj.d͡ʒoː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pejd͡ʒuː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰäj.d͡ʒɵ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | payjō |
Dari reading? | payjō |
Iranian reading? | peyju |
Tajik reading? | payjü |
Noun
[edit]Dari | پیجو |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | пайҷӯ |
پیجو • (pey-ju)
- searcher, seeker, inquirer, checker
- Synonyms: کاونده (kâvande), فاحص (fâhes), جستجوکننده (jostoju-konande)
- pager, beeper
- Synonym: پیجر (peyjer)
Derived terms
[edit]- پیجویی (peyjuyi, “searching; inquisitiveness”)
References
[edit]- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “پیجو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پیجو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press