غوره

See also: عورة

Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣwəˈra/

Adjective

غوره • (ǧwëra)

1. excellent, main

Declension

declension of غوره

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	غوره (ǧwëra)	غوره (ǧwëra)		غوره (ǧwëra)	غوره (ǧwëra)
oblique	غوره (ǧwëra)	غوره {{{3}}}وو {{{3}}}و (ǧwëra {{{4}}}ëwo {{{4}}}o)		غوره (ǧwëra)	غوره {{{3}}}وو {{{3}}}و (ǧwëra {{{4}}}ëwo {{{4}}}o)
vocative	غوره (ǧwëra)	غوره (ǧwëra)		غوره (ǧwëra)	غوره (ǧwëra)

Persian

Etymology

Related to Northern Kurdish cûr, jûr, Middle Armenian ժուռ (žuṙ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɣoː.ɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣoː.ɾä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣoː.ɾä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣoː.ɾä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣʊː.ɾä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [quː.ɹe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁɵ.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading?	ğōra
Dari reading?	ğōra
Iranian reading?	ğure
Tajik reading?	ġüra

Adjective

غوره • (ğure)

1. unripe, green (of grapes, dates, olives)

Derived terms

• غوره‌مرگ (ğuremarg, “dying in youth”)

 

Noun

غوره • (ğure)

1. sour grape, unripe grape
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2601:

     آب در غوره ترش باشد و لیک / چون به انگوری رسد شیرین و نیک

     âb dar ğura turš bâšad wa lek / čon ba angûr-i rasad šîrîn u nek

     In the unripe grape the juice is sour, but it is sweet and good when it becomes a (ripe) grape.