Given name & surname · Hindi
जौहर
“substance, essence; jewel”
जौहर (jauhar) is a masculine given name from Classical Persian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Jauhar.
Meaning & origin
What it means
जौहर goes back to Middle Persian gwhl, meaning “substance, essence; jewel.”
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Where it comes from
जौहर comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian.
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How it developed
From Classical Persian جَوْهَر, from Arabic جَوْهَر, from Middle Persian gwhl (“substance, essence; jewel”), from Proto-Iranian *gawθrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gawtrám.
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जौहर’s family of names
In Hindi usage, जौहर shares an earlier linguistic root with गोत. In Hindi usage, जौहर can be written in the Roman alphabet as JAUHAR. In Hindi usage, जौहर shares an earlier linguistic root with जोहोर.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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