See also: کلو and كلو

Baluchi

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Noun

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گلو (galo)

  1. door

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (glwk' /⁠galōg⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (throat). Cognate with Latin gula (throat) and Sanskrit गल (gala, throat, neck).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? gulō
Dari reading? gulō, gulū
Iranian reading? galu
Tajik reading? gulü

Noun

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Dari گلو
Iranian Persian
Tajik гулӯ

گلو (galu)

  1. throat
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 132:
      میخواستم که با تو تکلم کنم هوس
      کردی تبسم و نفسم در گلو گرفت
      mēxwāstam ki bā tō takallum kunam hawas
      kardī tabassum u nafasam dar gulō girift
      I wished to communicate my desire to you;
      You smiled, and my breath was stuck in my throat.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “گلو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian گلو (gulō). Cognate with Sanskrit गल (gala, throat, neck).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡʊ.loː/, /ɡʊ.luː/, /ɡə.luː/

Noun

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گلو (gulo, gulū, galūf (Hindi spelling गुलो)

  1. neck, throat
  2. gullet, windpipe
  3. voice

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