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jadoo

/d͡ʒɑːˈduː/

jadoo noun: magic, sorcery.

Noun

jadoo (uncountable)

  1. (India, North, Pakistan) Magic, sorcery.
    • Then, to encourage him further, I said that, if there was any jadoo afoot, I had not the least objection to giving it my countenance and sanction2005 [1888], Rudyard Kipling, “In the House of Suddhoo”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, page 99

jadoo meaning in Hindi and Marathi

jadoo in Hindi

jadoo; magic; witchcraft
जादू jādū

jadoo in Marathi

jadoo; magic; witchcraft
जादू jādū

Forms of jadoo

alternative formjaadu
alternative formjadu

Origin of jadoo

From Hindustani जादू / جادو (jādū), from Classical Persian جَادُو (jādū).

Words that rhyme with jadoo

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Questions about jadoo

What does jadoo mean?
Jadoo means magic, sorcery.
What is jadoo in Hindi?
Jadoo in Hindi is जादू (jādū). See Jadoo meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is jadoo?
Jadoo is a noun.
How do you pronounce jadoo?
Jadoo is pronounced /d͡ʒɑːˈduː/.

Words near jadoo in the dictionary

  1. jadites
  2. jaditic
  3. jadomycin
  4. jadomycins
  5. Jadon
  6. jadoo
  7. jadoogar
  8. jadoogars
  9. jadoogur
  10. jadoogurs
  11. Jadotville

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jadoo (page history and authors); जादू (Hindi) (page history and authors); जादू (Marathi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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