jero

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English zero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑero/

Numeral

jero (Bengali script জেরো)

1. zero

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Balinese ᬚᭂᬭᭀ (jero), from Old Javanese jro (“interior; inner part; depth”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rɟuh, *ɟruh, *ɟruuʔ (“deep”). Compare to Javanese ꦗꦼꦫꦺꦴ (jero, “inside”), Semai jereeq (“deep”), Temiar jeruk, Khmer ជ្រៅ (crɨw, “deep, profound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ˈro/
• Rhymes: -ro, -o
• Hyphenation: jê‧ro

Noun

jêro (plural jero-jero, first-person possessive jeroku, second-person possessive jeromu, third-person possessive jeronya)

1. the house of a ksatriya or wésya

Further reading

• “jero” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

jero

1. Romanization of ꦗꦼꦫꦺꦴ

Swahili

Noun

jero (needs class)

1. (Tanzania, slang) five hundred shilling

Venetan

Verb

jero

1. first-person singular imperfect indicative of èser

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• jééró

Etymology

From Hausa gērō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒé.ɾó/

Noun

jéró

1. millet, sorghum

   Synonym: ọkà bàbà