جوف

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. hollow, cavity, depression
2. interior, inner
3. belly, abdomen
4. (al-Andalus) north
5. (form-of, noun-from-verb) verbal noun of جَافَ (jāfa, “to be hollow; to reach the interior of”) (form I)

Verb

to hollow out

Verb

to be hollow, to be concave

Adj

masculine plural of أَجْوَف (ʔajwaf)

Sinonieme

معدة

بطن

Vertalings

belly

panxa

Magen

estómec

Abdomen

Bauch

ventre

Oberkörper

Rumpf

Unterleib

Al-Jawf

Plauze

κοιλιά

κορμός

estómac

Etimologie (Engels)

From the root ج و ف (j w f). The sense “inner” suggests a relation with Egyptian jwf (“flesh”) since the flesh is in the “inner” part of the body. Compare Hebrew גוף (guf, “body”).