jadoo
/d͡ʒɑːˈduː/noun
jadoo is a noun meaning “Magic, sorcery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled J-A-D-O-O, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does jadoo mean?
noun
- 1
IndiaMagic, sorcery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce jadoo?
- /d͡ʒɑːˈduː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of jadoo
- jaadu
- jadu
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is jadoo?
Jadoo appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does jadoo come from?
From Hindustani जादू / جادو (jādū), from Classical Persian جَادُو (jādū).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).