گرگ

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See also: کرک and گرک

Baluchi

Etymology

from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- (“to grab, seize”). Cognates include Persian (gereftan), Central Kurdish گرتن (girtin), Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti, “he seizes”).

Verb

گرگ • (girag)

to grab
to grip
to take
to get
to catch
to hold
to seize
to receive

Persian

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گرگ

یک گرگِ خاکستری

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gʿlg /⁠gurg⁠/, “wolf”), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (v-r-k /⁠varka-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀 (vəhrka), Sogdian (wyrk- /⁠wərk⁠/), Baluchi (gurk), Mazanderani ورگ (verg), Northern Kurdish gur, gurg, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas (“wolf”) (compare Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka)), from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (compare English wolf).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡuɾɡ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key):
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key):

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	gurg
Dari reading^?	gurg
Iranian reading^?	gorg
Tajik reading^?	gurg

Noun


Iranian Persian	گرگ
Dari	گرگ
Tajik	гург

گرگ • (gorg) (plural گرگ‌ها, or گرگان)

a wolf
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی , volume I, verse 3109:
  از کجا آموختی این ای بزرگ / گفت ای شاه جهان از حال گرگ
  az kujâ âmôxti ên ay buzurg / guft ay šâh-i-jahân az hâl-i-gurg
  Whence didst thou learn this, O eminent one?” “O King of the world,” he replied, “from the fate of the wolf.”
(figurative) a social or sexual predator
― un birun por-e gorg-e! ― There are lots of predators out there!

Derived terms

کف‌گرگی (kaf-gorgi, “slap”)
گرگین (gorgin, “wolflike, lupine”)
گرگینه (gorgine, “werewolf”)
گرگ‌خوی (gorg-xuy, “wolfish, fierce, savage”)
گرگ‌ومیش (gorg-o-miš, “twilight”)
گرگ‌ِ بالان‌دیده (gorg-e bâlân-dide, “a highly seasoned person”)
گرگ‌ِ بیابان (gorg-e biâbân, “steppe wolf”)
گرگ‌ِ تاسمانی (gorg-e tâsmâni, “Tasmanian wolf”)

Related terms

گرگان (gorgân)
گرجستان (gorjestân)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گرگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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