گوهر

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گوهر

Alternative forms

گهر (gohar)

Etymology

From Middle Persian gwhl (/⁠gōhr, gōhar⁠/, “substance, essence; jewel”), from Old Persian *gauθra, *gavaθra.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	gawhar
Dari reading^?	gawhar
Iranian reading^?	gowhar
Tajik reading^?	gavhar

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	گوهر
Dari	گوهر
Tajik	гавҳар

گوهر • (gowhar) (plural گوهرها (gowhar-hâ))

jewel
gem
pearl
essence
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3529:
  هل مرا تا پرده‌‌ها را بر درم
  تا چو خورشیدی بتابد گوهرم
  hil marā tā parda-hā rā bar daram
  tā čō xwarshēd bitābad gawhar-am
  Let me be, that I may rend the curtains asunder,
  that my (spiritual) substance may shine forth like a sun

Descendants

→ Arabic: جوهر (jawhar) (see there for further descendants)
→ Azerbaijani: gövhər
→ Bashkir: гәүһәр (gəwhər), Гәүһәр (Gəwhər)
→ Georgian: გოარი (goari)
→ Gujarati: ગૌહર (gauhar)
→ Kazakh: гауһар (gauhar)
→ Middle Mongol: ᠭᠥ‍ᠭᠠ‍ᠷ (gö‍ɣa‍r)
→ Turkmen: göwher
→ Urdu: گوہر (gauhar, gohar)

Proper noun

گوهر • (gowhar)

a female given name, Gohar or Gowhar, from Middle Persian

Synonyms

جواهر (javâher)

Related terms

گوهران (gowharân)
گوهرفروش (gowhar-foruš, “jeweler”)
گوهرشناسی (gowhar-šenâsi, “lapidary”)

Further reading

Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “گوهر”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1057a–1059b

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