gav

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Danish

Pronunciation

Verb

gav

  1. past tense of give

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *gā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéh₂-mn̥ ~ *gʷh₂-mén-s, from *gʷeh₂- (“to step”). Cognate with Baluchi گام, Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥 (gāman), Persian گام, Ancient Greek βῆμα (bêma), Sanskrit प्रगामन् (pragāman).

Noun

gav f

  1. step

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

gav

  1. simple past of gi

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gav

  1. past of gje, gi, and gjeva

Portuguese

Noun

gav

  1. Abbreviation of gaveta: drawer.
    Gav. 3, maço 7, no. 32.
    Dr. 3, packet 7, no. 32.

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma), from Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma).[1][2][3] Cognate with Gujarati ગામ (gām), Marwari गाँव (gā̃v), Sindhi گانؤُ (gā̃u).

Noun

gav m (nominative plural gava)

  1. village[1][2][3][4]

Descendants

  • → German: Kaff

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “grāˊma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 235
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “gav”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 96a
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
  4. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o gav, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 146a

Russenorsk

Noun

gav

  1. Alternative form of gaf (“ocean”)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

gav

  1. past indicative of ge
  2. past indicative of giva

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian կավ (kav, “clay”).

Noun

gav

  1. (dialectal) clay soil

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • “gav”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
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