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گوهر · جَوْهَر — essence, substance; jewel

Persian → ArabicCertainnoun · Mind & feeling · everyday

This one went the other way: from Persian into Arabic.

Arabic

جَوْهَر
jawhar

/dʒawhar/

In Arabic

essence, substance; jewel

Persian

گوهر
gowhar

/ɡowhær/

In Persian

essence, substance; jewel

Note. Arabic built a whole family on it: jawharī 'essential', jawāhir 'jewels', jawharjī 'jeweller'. Persian borrowed jowhar back, mostly for 'ink' and 'essence'.

Spelling. Arabic has no g and writes Persian g as j (gowhar → jawhar).

Sources: Asbaghi · Dehkhoda · Lane · Wehr