Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

جَوٌّ The air: (Ḳ:) or [the atmosphere; i. e.] what is between the heaven, or sky, and the earth; (Ṣ, Mgh;) the air [or the region] between the heaven, or sky, and the earth: pl. أَجْوَآءٌ. (TA.) فِى جَوِّ السَّمَآءِ, in the Ḳur [xvi. 81], means In the air between the heaven, or sky, and the earth: (Jel:) or in the middle of the sky: (Ḳatádeh, TA:) or in the air that is remote from the earth. (Bḍ.)

A low, or depressed, part of the ground; (M, Ḳ;) as alsoجَوَّةٌ↓: (Ḳ:) or a wide part of a valley: (Ṣ, Mṣb:) pl. (in the latter sense, Mṣb, or in the former, Ḳ, TA) جِوَآءٌ (Mṣb, Ḳ) and [of pauc.] أَجْوِيَةٌ. (TA.) It has the latter meaning in the saying of Tarafeh, [addressing a lark,]

* خَلَا لَكِ الجَوُّ فَبِيضِى وَٱصْفِرِى *

[The wide part of the valley has become vacant for thee; so lay thine eggs, and whistle]. (AA, Ṣ.) Az says, I entered, with an Arab of the desert, a [hollow place in which water collected, termed a] دَحْل, in El-Khalsà, and when we came to the water, he said, هٰذَا جَوٌّ مِنَ المَاءِ لَا يُوقَفُ عَلَى أَقْصَاهُ [This is an abyss of water: one knows not the utmost extent of it]. (TA.)

A vacant, void, or desolate, place, in which is no one to cheer by his company. (Ḥam p. 293.)

The inside, or interior, of a house or tent; (Ḳ;) and of anything; of the dial. of Syria; also termed جَوَّةٌ↓, (TA,) andجَوَّانِىٌّ↓; (Ḳ; [in the CK ا is erroneously put for ن;]) in which last, the ا and أُرِيدُ جَوًّا وَيُرِيدُ بَرًّا are augmentatives for the purpose of corroboration. (TA.)

[Hence,] جَوَّةٌ I desire concealment, or secrecy, and he desires publicity. (A in art. بر.)

جَوَّانِىٌّ: see جَوٌّ. Hence the saying of Selmán, مَنْ أَصْلَحَ جَوَّانِيَّهُ أَصْلَحَ ٱللّٰهُ بَرَّانِيَّهُ [explained in art. بر]. (TA.) [It generally signifies Inner, inward, or interior; and secret, or private; opposed to بَرَّانِىٌّ; and is now vulgarly pronounced جُوَّانِىْ.] It is a rel. n. [irregularly formed] from جَوٌّ signifying “any low, or depressed, part of the ground.” (T in art. بر.)