جوف

Meaning

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)

Concepts

belly

cavity

empty

hollow

hollow out

middle

midriff

paunch

potbelly

pot-belly

stomach

tummy

venter

Al Jawf Governorate

abdomen

make hollow

Synonyms

معدة

بطن

Translations

estómac

panxa

ventre

estómec

Abdomen

Bauch

Magen

Oberkörper

Rumpf

Unterleib

Al-Jawf

Plauze

κοιλιά

κορμός

abdomen

Etymology

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”).