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Persian
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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gōy
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| Dari reading?
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gōy
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| Iranian reading?
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guy
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| Tajik reading?
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güy
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Etymology 1
From Middle Persian (gwd /gōy/, “ball”). Cognate with Sanskrit गोल (gola), Persian گلوله (golule, “pellet; bullet”), Northern Luri گولٛاْ (goła, “pellet”), Central Kurdish گولە (gule) and گۆ (go, “ball”), Northern Kurdish gog (“ball”), Zazaki gudi (“ball; round”) and an Iranian loanword in Classical Syriac ܓܘܝܐ (gōyāʾ).
Noun
گوی • (guy) (plural گویها (guy-hâ))
- ball
- sphere
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gōy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 37
Etymology 2
Verb
گوی • (guy)
- present stem form of گفتن (goftan)