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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (gyʾh /giyāh/, “grass”), from a compound formation related to Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬛𐬁𐬌𐬌𐬎 (gaodāiiu, “grass”, literally “cow-giver”), or that which nourishes the cow, synchronically analyzable as گاو (gâv, “cow”) + دادَن (dâdan, “to give”).[1] Compare with Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫇 (gyʾw /giyāw/, “grass, herbage”), 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫃 (gyʾg /gyāg/, “grass”), Parthian 𐫃𐫇𐫏𐫀𐫇 (gwyʾw /guyāw/, “grass”), Northern Kurdish giya (“grass, herb”), Central Kurdish گِیا (giya), Gurani گیواو (gīwāw), گیاو (giyāw) and Baluchi گیاب (giyáb).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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ɡiyāh
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Dari reading?
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ɡiyāh
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Iranian reading?
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ɡiyâh
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Tajik reading?
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ɡiyoh
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Noun
Dari
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گیاه
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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гиёҳ
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گیاه • (giyâh) (plural گیاهان (giyâhân) or گیاهها (giyâh-hâ))
- grass
- plant
- vegetable
- herb
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 212
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