di / diur / jour
day
Latin · dies; diurnus
Latin dies 'day' and diurnus 'daily'. It appears as di-, diur- and jour- (via French): a diary is a day book, a journal records daily events, a journey was a day's travel, diurnal means daily.
Memory trick
A DIary is a DAY book: DI, DIUR and JOUR all mean day.
Words from this root
- diary (di + ary) — day-by-day personal recordडायरी
- journal (jour + nal) — daily record or magazineपत्रिका, दैनिकी
- journalism (journal + ism) — work of reporting newsपत्रकारिता
- journalist (journal + ist) — person who reports newsपत्रकार
- journalistic (journalist + ic) — of news reportingपत्रकारिता संबंधी
- journey (jour + ney) — a trip, once a day's travelयात्रा
- diurnal (diur + nal) — happening in daytimeदिन में होने वाला
- sojourn (so + journ) — a short stayअल्प प्रवास
- dial (di + al) — face of a clock; to callडायल, घड़ी की सतह
- dismal (dis + mal) — gloomy, drearyउदास, निराशाजनक