# جنوب
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From ج ن ب (j n b) with the base stem meaning “to go aside”, “to go far off in a direction”, ”to remove to a distance”, “to be remote”, “to change” or “to veer”, “to take off one's clothes” or “to lay them aside”. The direction originates as the name of a positively-viewed warm-moist southerly wind, the humid weather allowing clothes to be laid aside, whereas شَمَال (šamāl, “north”) comes from a root ش م ل (š m l) with the meaning “bundling up” or “wrapping up” because that wind by contrast necessitated wrapping up clothes. Also see Canopus, and سُهَيْل (suhayl, “Canopus”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒa.nuːb/
* Audio:(file)
** (Egypt) IPA: /ɡa.nuːb/

#### Noun

جَنُوب • (janūb) m
* south

##### Coordinate terms

compass points: اِتِّجَاهَات الْبَوْصَلَةِ (ittijāhāt al-bawṣalati):
| شَمَال غَرْبِيّ (šamāl ḡarbiyy) | شَمَال (šamāl) | شَمَال شَرْقِيّ (šamāl šarqiyy) |
| غَرْب (ḡarb) | | شَرْق (šarq) |
| جَنُوب غَرْبِيّ (janūb ḡarbiyy) | جَنُوب (janūb) | جَنُوب شَرْقِيّ (janūb šarqiyy) |

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: cənub
* → Pashto: جنوب (ǰanúb)
* → Persian: جنوب (jonub)
* → Punjabi: ਜਨੂਬ (janūb)
* → Tajik: ҷануб (janub)
* → Ottoman Turkish: جنوب (cenüb)
** Turkish: cenup
** → Crimean Tatar: cenüp
* → Uyghur: جەنۇب (jenub)
* → Uzbek: janub

#### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “جنب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
* “جنب” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 464-468.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒu.nuːb/

#### Noun

جُنُوب • (junūb) m pl
* plural of جَنْب (janb)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒu.nuːb/

#### Noun

جُنُوب • (junūb) m
* verbal noun of جَنَبَ (janaba) (form I)

##### Declension
## Azerbaijani
### Noun

جنوب
* Arabic spelling of cənub

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic جَنُوب (janūb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒa.nuːb/

### Noun

جنوب • (janūb) m
* south
    Synonym: قبلة (qabla)

#### Derived terms

* جنوبي (janūbi, “southern”)

#### See also

compass points:
| | شمال (šamāl) | |
| غرب (ḡarb) | | شرق (šarq) |
| | جنوب (janūb) | |

## Pashto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنُوب (janūb).

### Pronunciation

IPA: /d͡ʒuˈnʊb, d͡ʒaˈnʊb/

### Noun

جنوب • (junūb) m
* south

#### Coordinate terms

compass points:
| شمال لوېديځ | شمال | شمال ختيځ |
| لوېديځ | | ختيځ |
| جنوب لوېديځ | جنوب | جنوب ختيځ |

#### Derived terms

* جنوبي

### References

Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “جنوب”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنُوب (janūb).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [d͡ʒa.ˈnuːβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒä.núːb]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒä.núːb]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d͡ʒä.núːb]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d͡ʒä.núb̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒo.núːb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒä.núb]

### Noun

جنوب • (jonub)
* south
    Synonym: نیمروز (nimruz)
    وی در جنوب ایران زندگی می‌کند.vey dar jonub-e irân zendegi mi-konad.He/she lives in the south of Iran. (more literary)
    اون توی جنوب ایران زندگی می‌کنه.un tu-ye jonub-e irân zendegi mi-kone.He/she lives in the south of Iran. (more colloquial)
* (Iran) southern Iran
    سربازی نوید افتاده جنوب! ― sarbâzi-ye navid oftâde jonub! ― Navid's militiary service has been decided to be in southern Iran!

#### Derived terms

* جنوبی (jonubi)
* جنوبگان (jonubegân)
* قطب جنوب (qotb-e jonub)
* جنوب غربی (jonub-e ğarbi)
* جنوب شرقی (jonub-e šarqi)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic جَنُوب (janūb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒa.nuːb/, [ʒaˈnuːb]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

جنوب • (janūb) m
* south

#### Derived terms

* جنوبي (janūbi, “southern”)

#### See also

compass points:
| | شمال (šamāl) | |
| غرب (ḡarb) | | شرق (šarq) |
| | جنوب (janūb) | |