Joy
English
Etymology
From the noun joy, first used by Puritans in the 17th century.
Pronunciation
- enPR: joi, IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔɪ/Category:English 1-syllable words#JOYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#JOY
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#JOYAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔɪ#JOYCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔɪ/1 syllable#JOY
- Homophone: joyCategory:English terms with homophones#JOY
Proper noun
JoyCategory:English lemmas#JOYCategory:English proper nouns#JOYCategory:English uncountable nouns#JOYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JOYCategory:Pages with entries#JOYCategory:Pages with 3 entries#JOY
- A female given name from EnglishCategory:English given names#JOYCategory:English female given names#JOYCategory:English female given names from English#JOY.
- 1789, William Blake, Infant Joy:Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned
- "I have no name: / I am but two days old." / What shall I call thee? / "I happy am, / Joy is my name." / Sweet joy befall thee!Category:English terms with quotations#JOY
- 1857, Dinah Craik, John Halifax, Gentleman, Chapter XXI:
- She was named Muriel — after the rather peculiar name of John's mother. Her own mother would have it so; only wishing out of her full heart, happy one! that there should be a slight alteration made in the second name. Therefore the baby was called Muriel Joy — Muriel Joy Halifax.
- 2009, Princess Kasune Zulu, Warrior Princess, IVP Books, →ISBN, page 80:
- All the while, our baby Joyce was growing to be a very outgoing baby. ( - - - ) Given the joy we felt watching her grow and from our connection to the church, the name Joy seemed appropriate for our baby girl. Soon that's what we shortened it to, and what she is known by to this day.Category:English terms with quotations#JOY
- A surnameCategory:English surnames#JOY.
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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Cebuano terms borrowed from English#JOYCategory:Cebuano terms derived from English#JOY Joy.
Proper noun
JoyCategory:Cebuano lemmas#JOYCategory:Cebuano proper nouns#JOYCategory:Cebuano terms without Badlit script#JOYCategory:Cebuano terms without pronunciation template#JOYCategory:Cebuano terms spelled with J#JOYCategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#JOYCategory:Pages with entries#JOYCategory:Pages with 3 entries#JOY
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from English#JOYCategory:Tagalog terms derived from English#JOY Joy.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒoj/ [ˈd͡ʒoɪ̯]Category:Tagalog 1-syllable words#JOYCategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#JOY
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈdjoj/ [ˈd̪joɪ̯]Category:Tagalog 1-syllable words#JOYCategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#JOY
- Rhymes: -ojCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/oj#JOYCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/oj/1 syllable#JOY
- Syllabification: JoyCategory:Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation#JOY
Proper noun
Joy (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜌ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#JOYCategory:Tagalog proper nouns#JOYCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#JOYCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#JOYCategory:Tagalog terms spelled with J#JOYCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#JOYCategory:Pages with entries#JOYCategory:Pages with 3 entries#JOY