کاهو

Persian

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کاهو

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kʾhwk' /⁠kāhōk⁠/, “lettuce”),^[1] perhaps whence borrowings Mazanderani کاهوک (kâhuk), کاوک (kâuk), کهوک (kahuk, “lettuce”), ultimately of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kʰɒːˈhuː]

Noun

کاهو • (kâhu)

lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

Descendants

→ Bashkardi:
Minabi: کاهو (kâhu)
→ Kermanic: kāhū, kāū, kāvū
→ Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کاهوو (kahû)
→ Pashto: کاهو (kâhu)
→ Shahrudi: کاو (kâu)

References

^ Asatrian, Garnik (2011) “kāhū”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎^[1] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 220

[1] Asatrian, Garnik (2011) “kāhū”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎^[1] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 220

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