Etymology

Jayhoun

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Today it means: The Amu Darya river. Full definition →

Arabic جَيْحُون
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The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromجَيْحُون“Amu Darya; Gihon”
  2. English todayJayhoun

From Arabic جَيْحُون (jayḥūn, “Amu Darya; Gihon”) and جِيحُون (jīḥūn, “(same)”), from Biblical Hebrew גִּיחוֹן (Giḥôn). Doublet of Gihon.

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