Etymograph

English

jadoogur

Jadoogur comes from Hindi जादूगर ‘magician’, from Persian ـگر ‘-er’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- ‘do, make, act vigorously’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yeh₁-1‘do, make, act vigorously’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*yaHtúš2‘sorcery, witchcraft, black-magic’reconstructed
  3. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEy-a-tu-u /⁠yātu⁠/2transliteratedoriginal script y-a-tu-u /⁠yātu⁠/, a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary
  4. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CE𐭩𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭪𐭠2yʾtʿkʾ /⁠ǰādūg⁠/
  5. Persianc. 900–presentجادو2jâdu‘magic, charm, enchantment, conjuration’
  6. Persianc. 900–presentـگر2-gar‘-er’
  7. Persianc. 900–presentجادوگر3jâdugar‘magician’
  8. Hindic. 1500–presentजादूगर3jādūgar‘magician’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1925jadoogur3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Persian جادوگر
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English jadoogur
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1925, Sir Edward John Buck, Simla: “The natives and others thronged in numbers to witness…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yeh₁-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš‘do, make, act vigorously’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*yaHtúšWiktionary, Persian جادوگر‘sorcery, witchcraft, black-magic’reconstructed
  3. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEy-a-tu-u /⁠yātu⁠/Wiktionary, Persian جادوگرtransliteratedoriginal script y-a-tu-u /⁠yātu⁠/, a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary
  4. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CE𐭩𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭪𐭠Wiktionary, Persian جادوگرyʾtʿkʾ /⁠ǰādūg⁠/
  5. Persianc. 900–presentجادوWiktionary, Persian جادوگرjâdu‘magic, charm, enchantment, conjuration’
  6. Persianc. 900–presentـگرWiktionary, Persian جادوگر-gar‘-er’
  7. Persianc. 900–presentجادوگرWiktionary, English jadoogurjâdugar‘magician’
  8. Hindic. 1500–presentजादूगरWiktionary, English jadoogurjādūgar‘magician’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1925jadoogurWiktionary, English jadoogur. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1925, Sir Edward John Buck, Simla: “The natives and others thronged in numbers to witness…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-

Today it means

noun A Freemason in British India.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “jadoogur”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš, Persian جادوگر. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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