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Jawi

Syllables: Ja·wi/d͡ʒæwi/

Jawi proper noun: the Arabic alphabet or writing system used for Malay or related languages.

Proper noun (1)

Jawi

  1. The Arabic alphabet or writing system used for Malay or related languages.
  2. (rare) The Malay language.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: JAWI

JAWI

  1. (Malaysia, abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (“Islamic Religious Department of the Federal Territory, a branch of the government organisation JAKIM operating in Kuala Lumpur”).

Jawi meaning in Malay and Persian

Jawi in Malay

an alphabet
Jawi

Jawi in Persian

an alphabet
جاوی jâvi

Forms of Jawi

alternative formJawi

Origin of Jawi

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Jawi.

Phrases with Jawi

Questions about Jawi

What does Jawi mean?
Jawi means the Arabic alphabet or writing system used for Malay or related languages.
What is Jawi in Malay?
Jawi in Malay is Jawi. See Jawi meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is Jawi?
Jawi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Jawi?
Jawi is pronounced /d͡ʒæwi/.

Words near Jawi in the dictionary

  1. jawfish
  2. jawfishes
  3. jawfoot
  4. jawhole
  5. jawholes
  6. Jawi
  7. jawing
  8. jawing away
  9. jawing down
  10. jawings
  11. Jawjah

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Jawi (page history and authors); JAWI (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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