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Baluchi
Noun
گلو • (galo)
- door
Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (glwk' /galōg/), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”). Cognate with Latin gula (“throat”) and Sanskrit गल (gala, “throat, neck”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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gulō
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| Dari reading?
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gulō, gulū
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| Iranian reading?
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galu
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| Tajik reading?
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gulü
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Noun
| Dari
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گلو
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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гулӯ
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گلو • (galu)
- throat
c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 132:میخواستم که با تو تکلم کنم هوس
کردی تبسم و نفسم در گلو گرفت- mē-xwāstam ki bā tō takallum kunam hawas
kardī tabassum u nafasam dar gulō girift - I wished to communicate my desire to you;
You smiled, and my breath was stuck in my throat.
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “گلو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian گلو (gulō). Cognate with Sanskrit गल (gala, “throat, neck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʊ.loː/, /ɡʊ.luː/, /ɡə.luː/
Noun
گلو • (gulo, gulū, galū) f (Hindi spelling गुलो)
- neck, throat
- gullet, windpipe
- voice
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