گو

See also: کو, كو, کو-, and -کو

Bakhtiari

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognate with Persian گو.

Noun

گو (gau)

1. cow

Mazanderani

Etymology

From Proto-Medo-Parthian *gā́wš, from Proto-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Noun

گو (gô)

1. cow

Persian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (gwb- /⁠gōw-⁠/). See the main entry for more.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡoː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡʊː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɵ]

Readings
Classical reading?	gō
Dari reading?	gō
Iranian reading?	gu
Tajik reading?	gü

Verb

گو • (gu)

1. present stem of گفتن (goftan)

Etymology 2

See the main entry.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡoː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡʊː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɵ]

Readings
Classical reading?	gō
Dari reading?	gō
Iranian reading?	gu
Tajik reading?	gü

Noun

گو • (gu)

1. Alternative form of گوی (guy, “ball”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English Go, from Japanese 囲碁(いご) (igo).

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥ow]

Readings
Dari reading?	gō
Iranian reading?	gow

Noun

گو • (gow)

1. Go (East Asian board game)

Etymology 4

See the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Iran) IPA^(key): [ɡow], [ɡoː]

Noun

گو • (gow)

1. (dialectal, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) Alternative form of گاو (gâv, “cow”)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäw]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥ow]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäw]

Readings
Classical reading?	gaw
Dari reading?	gaw
Iranian reading?	gow
Tajik reading?	gav

Adjective

گو • (gow)

1. brave; heroic

   Synonyms: شجاع (šojâ'), دلیر (dalir), دلاور (delâvar)

Noun

گو • (gow)

1. hero

   Synonyms: پهلوان (pahlavân), گرد (gord)

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

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

Readings
Classical reading?	gaw

Noun

گو • (gaw)

1. (obsolete) ditch
   • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎^[1]:

     مطالبی آنان را گویند که در گوهای مصر طلب گنج‌ها و دفینه‌ها کنند و از همه مغرب و دیار مصر و شام مردم آیند و هر کس در آن گوها و سنگسارهای مصر رنج‌ها برند و مال‌ها صرفه کنند و بسیار آن بوده باشد که دفاین و گنج‌ها یافته باشند.

     matālibī ānān rā gōyand ki dar gaw-hā-yi misr talab-i ganj-hā u dafīna-hā kunand u az hama-yi mağrib u diyār-i misr u šām mardum āyand u har kas dar ān gaw-hā u sangsār-hā-yi misr ranj-hā barand u māl-hā sarfa kunand u bisyār ān būda bāšad ki dafāyin u ganj-hā yāfta bāšand.

     Those people called maṭālibī are those who search for treasure and hidden fortune in the ditches of Egypt. People come from all of North Africa and the districts of Egypt and Syria, and every one of them goes through trouble in those ditches and stony fields of Egypt, to profit from the wealth. There are many who have found treasure and fortune.