گاومیش
Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
- گامیش (gâmiš)
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian TWRAmyš (gāw-mēš, literally “cow-sheep”); compare Persian گاو (gâv, “cow”) and میش (miš, “ewe”) for the constituents. Old Armenian գոմէշ (gomēš), Classical Syriac ܓܡܘܫܐ (gāmōšā) and Old Georgian კამბეჩი (ḳambeči) are borrowed from Middle Iranian.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɡɑːw.meːʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡ̥ɒːv.miːʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡɔw.meʃ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | gāwmēš |
Dari reading? | gāwmēš |
Iranian reading? | gâvmiš |
Tajik reading? | govmeš |
Noun edit
گاومیش • (gâvmiš) (plural گاومیشان (gâvmišân) or گاومیشها (gâvmiš-hâ))
Inflection edit
Basic forms of گاومیش (gâvmiš) | ||
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singular | plural | |
bare | گاومیش (gâvmiš) |
گاومیشان (gâvmišấn) گاومیشا △ (gâvmišấ) |
definitive direct object | گاومیش را (gâvmiš râ) گاومیش رو △ (gâvmišo) |
گاومیشان را (gâvmišấn râ) گاومیشا رو △ (gâvmišấ ro) |
ezâfe | گاومیش (gâvmiš-e) |
گاومیشان (gâvmišấn-e) گاومیشای △ (gâvmišấ-ye) |
marked indefinite or relative definite |
گاومیشی (gâvmiš-i) |
گاومیشانی (gâvmišấn-i) گاومیشایی △ (gâvmišấi) |
△ Colloquial. |
Synonyms edit
- بوفالو (bufâlo)
Descendants edit
- → Arabic: جاموس (jāmūs)
- → Chechen: гомаш (gomaš)
- → Gujarati: ગાવમેશ (gāvmeś)
- → Old Georgian: გამეში (gameši)
References edit
- Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 618
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գոմէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 575b
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 137
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 886, page 198
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 36