کاو

Kashmiri

Noun

کاو • (kāv) m (Devanagari काव)

1. crow

Noun

کاو • (kāv) m (Devanagari काव)

1. caw (the sound a crow makes)

Malay

Pronoun

کاو

1. Jawi spelling of kau

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH-. (Compare English cave, Tocharian B throat (kor), Albanian cup (“odd, uneven”), Ancient Greek κύαρ (kúar, “eye of needle, earhole”), Old Armenian սոր (sor, “hole”), Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty, barren, zero”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑːw]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒːv]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔw]

Readings
Classical reading?	kāw
Dari reading?	kāw
Iranian reading?	kâv
Tajik reading?	kov

Adjective

کاو • (kâv)

1. concave, hollow.

   Synonym: مقعر

   Antonym: کوژ (kuž)

Southeast Pashayi

Etymology

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Determiner

کاو (kāo)

1. what kind of

Further reading

• Abd-El-Malek Lamuwal, Adam Baker (2013) “Southeastern Pashayi”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 43, Cambridge: International Phonetic Association, pages 243-246