گور

See also: گؤز, کور, كور, كوز, کوز, and گوز

Persian edit

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:

گور

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gpl /⁠gabr⁠/), [script needed] (gwbl /⁠gabr⁠/, “hollow, cavity, womb”). Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (gbr /⁠gabr⁠/).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡoːɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡoːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡʊːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɵɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gōr
Dari reading^?	gōr
Iranian reading^?	gur
Tajik reading^?	gür

Noun edit


Iranian Persian	گور
Dari	گور
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 [V], who hunted down onagers all his life;
  Have you seen how the grave has hunted down Bahrām?
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
desert

Derived terms edit

گورستان (gurestân)
گورکن (gurkan)

Descendants edit

→ Armenian: գյոռ (gyoṙ, “Muslim grave”)
→ Azerbaijani: gor
→ Bashkir: гүр (gür)
→ Gujarati: ગોર (gor)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: गोर (gor)

Urdu: گور (gor)
→ Kazakh: көр (kör)
→ Kyrgyz: көр (kör)
→ Kumyk: кёр (kör)
→ Northern Luri: قۋر (qür)
→ Ottoman Turkish: گور (gûr)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਗੋਰ (gor)

Shahmukhi script: گور (gor)
→ Tatar: гүр (gür)
→ Turkmen: gör
→ Uyghur: گور (gor)
→ Uzbek: goʻr

References edit

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gabr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Persian gwl (gōr, “onager, wild ass”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡoːɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡoːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡʊːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɵɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gōr
Dari reading^?	gōr
Iranian reading^?	gur
Tajik reading^?	gür

Noun edit


Iranian Persian	گور
Dari	گور
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 [V], who hunted down onagers all his life;
  Have you seen how the grave has hunted down Bahrām?
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
(archaic) zebra
Synonym: گورخر (gurxar)

References edit

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gōr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡawɾ]

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥owɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäwɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gawr
Dari reading^?	gawr
Iranian reading^?	gowr
Tajik reading^?	gavr

Noun edit

گور • (gowr)

Alternative form of

References edit

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

Urdu edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Classical Persian (gōr).

Noun edit

گور • (gor) f (Hindi spelling गोर)

grave
tomb

Related terms edit

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 edit

From Sanskrit गौर (gaura).

Adjective edit

گور • (gaur) (Hindi spelling गौर)

Etymology 3 edit

From Sanskrit गौरी (gaurī).

Proper noun edit

گور • (Gaur) f (Hindi spelling गौर)

Hindu goddess Parvati

Synonyms edit

گورا (Gaurā)
پاروتی (Pārvatī)