jewel

Etymology
From, , , , , from , from , , , hence , of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on, or on. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
 * 2) A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
 * 3)  Anything precious or valuable.
 * 4)  A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
 * 5) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus.
 * 6)  The clitoris.
 * 1)  A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
 * 2) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus.
 * 3)  The clitoris.
 * 1)  The clitoris.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:gemstone

Translations

 * Arabic:, جَوْهَرَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: جوهر, ماسة, فص, حجر كريم
 * Belarusian: кашто́ўны ка́мень, самацве́т
 * Bengali: জওহর
 * Bulgarian: скъпоце́нен ка́мък
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Coptic: ⲁⲛⲁⲙⲏⲓ
 * Czech: klenot,
 * Danish: juvel
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: kalliskivi
 * Finnish:, , juveli
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: ძვირფასი ქვა, პატიოსანი თვალი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Irish: seoid
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:
 * Lao: ພອຽ, ມະນີ, ຣະຕະນະ
 * Latin: gemma
 * Latvian: dārgakmens
 * Lithuanian: brangakmenis
 * Macedonian: ска́поцен ка́мен
 * Malay:
 * Marathi: रत्न
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: juvel
 * Old English: ġimm
 * Ottoman Turkish: جوهر
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: seud
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: драгуљ
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: klenot, drahokam
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili: johari
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: гавҳар
 * Thai:, จินดา,
 * Tocharian A: wmār
 * Tocharian B: wamer, naumiye, prāp
 * Turkish:
 * Ugaritic: 𐎑𐎅𐎗
 * Ukrainian: дорогоці́нний ка́мінь, кошто́вний ка́мінь, самоцві́т
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: đá quý
 * Welsh:, tlysau


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:, klenot
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: juvelo
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ძვირფასეულობა, ძვირფასი ნივთი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: seoid
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: драго́ценост
 * Ottoman Turkish: جوهر
 * Pashto: ګاڼه
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: seud, àilleag
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: драгоценост
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: klenot
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: johari
 * Tamil: ,


 * Czech: klenot
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ძვირფასეულობა,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Irish: seoid
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: dārgums
 * Lithuanian: brangenybė
 * Macedonian: драго́ценост
 * Marathi: रत्न
 * Pashto: ګران
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: àilleag
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: johari
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * French: pierre d'horlogerie,, ,
 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Nahuatl:
 * Romanian:
 * Welsh: ,

Verb

 * 1) To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.