जवा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जवा (javā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ʋɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ʋäː]

Noun

जवा • (javā) f

1. rose (more specifically the China rose)

   Synonym: गुलाब (gulāb)

Declension

Declension of जवा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जवा javā	जवाएँ javāẽ
oblique	जवा javā	जवाओं javāõ
vocative	जवा javā	जवाओ javāo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जवा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जवा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জৱা (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬯᬵ (Balinese script)
• জবা (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰪𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဇဝါ (Burmese script)
• જવા (Gujarati script)
• ਜਵਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌵𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦮꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂫𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಜವಾ (Kannada script)
• ជវា (Khmer script)
• ຊວາ (Lao script)
• ജവാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᠸᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘪𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠸᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧊𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐰𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଜଵା (Odia script)
• ꢙꢮꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆮𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖪𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ජවා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩾𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚦𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஜவா (Tamil script)
• జవా (Telugu script)
• ชวา (Thai script)
• ཛ་ཝཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒫𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨭𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Cognate with Transoxianan Persian obsolete ژافه (žâfa, “a kind of herb, saffron?”), dialectal زافه (zâfe, “a kind of Persian shallot”) and زعفران (za'ferân, “saffron”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ʋɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐ.ʋɑː/

Noun

जवा • (javā) stem, f

1. rose (more specifically the China rose)
2. saffron

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:केसर

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of जवा (javā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जवा javā	जवे jave	जवाः javāḥ
Vocative	जवे jave	जवे jave	जवाः javāḥ
Accusative	जवाम् javām	जवे jave	जवाः javāḥ
Instrumental	जवया / जवा¹ javayā / javā¹	जवाभ्याम् javābhyām	जवाभिः javābhiḥ
Dative	जवायै javāyai	जवाभ्याम् javābhyām	जवाभ्यः javābhyaḥ
Ablative	जवायाः / जवायै² javāyāḥ / javāyai²	जवाभ्याम् javābhyām	जवाभ्यः javābhyaḥ
Genitive	जवायाः / जवायै² javāyāḥ / javāyai²	जवयोः javayoḥ	जवानाम् javānām
Locative	जवायाम् javāyām	जवयोः javayoḥ	जवासु javāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Bengali: জবা (joba, “hibiscus”)
• → Hindi: जवा (javā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जवा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 412.