جوف

Significat (Anglès)

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)

Conceptes

abdomen

estómac

panxa

ventre

estómec

Sinònims

معدة

بطن

Traduccions

belly

Magen

Plauze

Rumpf

Unterleib

Al-Jawf

Oberkörper

κοιλιά

κορμός

στομάχι

abdomen

Bauch

cavity

empty

Abdomen

Etimologia (Anglès)

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”).