Jawi

See also: jawi and JAWI

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Jawi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæwi/, /d͡ʒɑːwi/
• Hyphenation: Ja‧wi

Proper noun

Jawi

1. The Arabic alphabet or writing system used for Malay or related languages.
2. The Malay language.

Translations

an alphabet

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爪夷文 (zh) (zhuǎyíwén)

• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 자위 문자 (jawi munja)
• Malay: Jawi

  Jawi: جاوي

• Persian: جاوی (fa) (jâvi)
• Russian: джа́ви m (džávi)
• Spanish: jawi (es) m

Anagrams

• Ijaw

Javanese

Romanization

Jawi

1. Romanization of ꦗꦮꦶ

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic جاوي (“Javan, of Southeast Asian origin”), a relative adjective (nisba) derived from جاوة (jāwa, “Java”) + ي (-i), from Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi), krama form of Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒawi/
• Rhymes: -wi, -i

Proper noun

Jawi (Jawi spelling جاوي)

1. Jawi (alphabet)

   Coordinate term: Rumi

   tulisan Jawi ― Jawi writing

2. Malay (people and language)

   Synonym: Melayu

   orang Jawi ― Malay people

   bahasa Jawi ― the Malay language

Affixations

• dijawikan
• jawikan
• menjawikan
• penjawian

 

Compounds

• bahasa Jawi
• huruf Jawi
• Jawi pekan
• masuk Jawi
• padi Jawi
• tulisan Jawi

 

Further reading

• “Jawi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Anagrams

• jiwa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed Jawa, jawa (“Javanese”, literally “barley; grain”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒawi/
• Rhymes: -wi
• Hyphenation: Ja‧wi

Proper noun

Jawi

1. Java: An island in the Indonesian Archipelago.

Adjective

Jawi

1. Javanese

Derived terms

• aṅajawi
• jajawi

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi) (inherited)

Further reading

• "Jawi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.