See also: کرک and گرک

Baluchi edit

Etymology edit

from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- (to grab, seize). Cognates include Persian گرفتن (gereftan), Central Kurdish گرتن (girtin), Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti, he seizes).

Verb edit

گرگ (girag)

  1. to grab
  2. to grip
  3. to take
  4. to get
  5. to catch
  6. to hold
  7. to seize
  8. to receive

Persian edit

 
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یک گرگِ خاکستری

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gʿlg /⁠gurg⁠/, wolf), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (v-r-k /⁠varka-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀 (vəhrka), Sogdian [script needed] (wyrk- /⁠wərk⁠/), Baluchi گرک (gurk), Mazanderani ورگ (verg), Northern Kurdish gur, gurg, Ossetian бирӕгъ (biræǧ)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas (wolf) (compare Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka)), from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (compare English wolf).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? gurg
Dari reading? gurg
Iranian reading? gorg
Tajik reading? gurg

Noun edit

Dari گرگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik гург

گرگ (gorg) (plural گرگ‌ها (gorg-hâ) or گرگان (gorgân))

  1. a wolf
  2. (figurative) a social or sexual predator
    اون بیرون پر گرگه!un birun por-e gorg-e!There are lots of predators out there!

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

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