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Burushaski
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
گر (gur)
- wheat
References
- Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “gur”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.
Old Awadhi
Noun
گر (gr /gir/) [1]
- Arabic script form of गिरि (“mountain, hill”)
References
- ^ اَنْصارُ اْللّٰہ ،مُحَمَّد (1978) “گِر”, in پَدْماوَت کِی مُخْتَصَر فَرْہَن٘گ [padmāvat kī muxtasar farhaṅg, A Short Padmāvat Dictionary] (in Urdu), 2nd edition, Aligarh: Letho Car Printers, page 160.
Persian
Etymology 1
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn”). Compare Laki آگر (agir, “fire”), Northern Kurdish agir.
Noun
گر • (gor)
- flame; blaze
- burn (sensation)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian.
Conjunction
گر • (gar)
- (poetic) Alternative form of اگر (agar)
- Rumi, Divan-e Shams,
- گر جان عاشق دم زند، آتش در این عالم زند
- gar jân-e 'âšeq dam zanad, âtaš dar in 'âlam zanad
- If the soul of the lover remains silent, fire will consume this world (literally: strike this world).
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