آهو
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Pashto
Noun
آهو • (āhu) m
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | āhū |
| Dari reading? | āhū |
| Iranian reading? | âhu |
| Tajik reading? | ohu |
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian (/āhūg/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱus (“sharp, swift”). Cognates with Northern Kurdish ask and Baluchi آسک (ásk).
Noun
| Dari | آهو |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | оҳу |
آهو • (âhu) (plural آهوان (âhovân) or آهوها (âhuhâ))
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Gujarati: આહૂ (āhū)
Proper noun
آهو • (âhu)
- a female given name, Ahu, from Middle Persian
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
آهو • (âhu)
- (archaic) defect, imperfection
Descendants
- → Gilaki: (åhú)
- → Gujarati: આહૂ (āhū)
- → Kermanic:
- Gazi: (åhū)
- Kafroni: (åvī́)
- Kesehi: (ā̊hṻ)
- Natanzi: (åvī́)
- Qohrudi: (åhū́)
- Vonishuni: (åhū́)
- Sedehi: (åhū́)
- Zefrehi: (åhṻ)
- → Urdu: آہو (āhū)
- → Lasgerdi: (āhú)
- → Ormuri: (āū)
- → Parachi: āhū́
- → Sarikoli: (āhu)
- → Semnani: āhú
- → Shahmirzadi: (ā̊hū̆)
- → Sivandi: (āhū)
- → Sorkhei: (ahü)
- → Turkish: Ahu
- → English: ahu
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “آهو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “آهو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 7
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 15