گاومیش

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یک گاومیش

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian TWRAmyš (gāw-mēš, literally “cow-sheep”); compare Persian گاو (gâv, “cow”) and میش (miš, “ewe”) for the constituents. Old Armenian գոմէշ (gomēš), Classical Syriac ܓܡܘܫܐ (gāmōšā) and Old Georgian კამბეჩი (ḳambeči) are borrowed from Middle Iranian.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? gāwmēš
Dari reading? gāwmēš
Iranian reading? gâvmiš
Tajik reading? govmeš

Noun

گاومیش • (gâvmiš) (plural گاومیشان (gâvmišân) or گاومیش‌ها (gâvmiš-hâ))

  1. buffalo
    Synonym: بوفالو (bufâlo)

Inflection

Basic forms of گاومیش
singular plural
bare گاومیش (gâvmiš) گاومیشان، گاومیشا△ (gâvmišấn, gâvmišấ△)
definitive direct object گاومیش را، گاومیش رو△ (gâvmiš râ, gâvmišo△) گاومیشان را، گاومیشا رو△ (gâvmišấn râ, gâvmišấ ro△)
ezâfe گاومیش (gâvmiš-e) گاومیشان، گاومیشای△ (gâvmišấn-e, gâvmišấ-ye△)
marked indefinite
or relative definite 		گاومیشی (gâvmiš-i) گاومیشانی، گاومیشایی△ (gâvmišấn-i, gâvmišấi△)

△ Colloquial.

Descendants

References

  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 618
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գոմէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 575b
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 137
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 886, page 198
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 36
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