گور
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Persian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle Persian (gpl /gabr/), (gwbl /gabr/, “hollow, cavity, womb”). Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian (gbr /gabr/).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | gōr |
| Dari reading? | gōr |
| Iranian reading? | gur |
| Tajik reading? | gür |
Noun
| Dari | گور |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | гӯр |
گور • (gur)
- grave, tomb
- 1100s, Rubaʿī attributed to Umar Khayyām:
- بهرام که گور میگرفتی همه عمر
دیدی که چگونه گور بهرام گرفت؟- bahrām ki gōr mē-giriftē hama umr
dīdī ki čigōna gōr bahrām girift? - Bahrām , who hunted down onagers all his life;
Have you seen how the grave has hunted down Bahrām?
- bahrām ki gōr mē-giriftē hama umr
- desert
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: գյոռ (gyoṙ, “Muslim grave”)
- → Azerbaijani: gor
- → Bashkir: гүр (gür)
- → Gujarati: ગોર (gor)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kazakh: көр (kör)
- → Kyrgyz: көр (kör)
- → Kumyk: кёр (kör)
- → Northern Luri: قۋر (qür)
- → Ottoman Turkish: گور (gûr)
- → Punjabi:
- → Tatar: гүр (gür)
- → Turkmen: gör
- → Uyghur: گور (gor)
- → Uzbek: goʻr
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gabr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian gwl (gōr, “onager, wild ass”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | gōr |
| Dari reading? | gōr |
| Iranian reading? | gur |
| Tajik reading? | gür |
Noun
| Dari | گور |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | гӯр |
گور • (gur)
- wild ass, onager
- 1100s, Rubaʿī attributed to Umar Khayyām:
- بهرام که گور میگرفتی همه عمر
دیدی که چگونه گور بهرام گرفت؟- bahrām ki gōr mē-giriftē hama umr
dīdī ki čigōna gōr bahrām girift? - Bahrām , who hunted down onagers all his life;
Have you seen how the grave has hunted down Bahrām?
- bahrām ki gōr mē-giriftē hama umr
- (archaic) zebra
- Synonym: گورخر (gurxar)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gōr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | gawr |
| Dari reading? | gawr |
| Iranian reading? | gowr |
| Tajik reading? | gavr |
Noun
گور • (gowr)
- Alternative form of گبر
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Urdu
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian گور (gōr).
Noun
گور • (gor) f (Hindi spelling गोर)
Related terms
- گورخر (gorxar)
- گورستان (goristān, “cemetery, graveyard”)
- درگور (dargor, “get lost!, be away!, in the grave, entombed, may you lie in the grave!, may you die!”)
- زندہ درگور (zinda-dargor, “halfdead, having a foot in the grave, leading an unhappy life, living in agony”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit गौर (gaura).
Noun
گور • (gaur) m (Hindi spelling गौर)
Etymology 3
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit गौरि (gauri), variant of गौरी (gaurī).
Proper noun
گور • (gaur) f (Hindi spelling गौर)
Synonyms
- پاروتی (pārvatī)