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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gpl /⁠gabr⁠/), [script needed] (gwbl /⁠gabr⁠/, hollow, cavity, womb). Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (gbr /⁠gabr⁠/).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? gōr
Dari reading? gōr
Iranian reading? gur
Tajik reading? gür

Noun

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Dari گور
Iranian Persian
Tajik гӯр

گور (gur)

  1. grave, tomb
    • 1100s, Rubaʿī attributed to Umar Khayyām:
      بهرام که گور می‌گرفتی همه عمر
      دیدی که چگونه گور بهرام گرفت؟
      bahrām ki gōr mē-giriftē hama umr
      dīdī ki čigōna gōr bahrām girift?
      Bahrām [V], who hunted down onagers all his life;
      Have you seen how the grave has hunted down Bahrām?
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. desert
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Armenian: գյոռ (gyoṙ, Muslim grave)
  • Azerbaijani: gor
  • Bashkir: гүр (gür)
  • Gujarati: ગોર (gor)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: गोर (gor)
    Urdu: گور (gor)
  • Kazakh: көр (kör)
  • Kyrgyz: көр (kör)
  • Kumyk: кёр (kör)
  • Northern Luri: قۋر (qür)
  • Ottoman Turkish: گور (gûr)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਗੋਰ (gor)
    Shahmukhi script: گور (gor)
  • Tatar: гүр (gür)
  • Turkmen: gör
  • Uyghur: گور (gor)
  • Uzbek: goʻr

References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gabr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

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From Middle Persian gwl (gōr, onager, wild ass).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? gōr
Dari reading? gōr
Iranian reading? gur
Tajik reading? gür

Noun

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Dari گور
Iranian Persian
Tajik гӯр

گور (gur)

  1. wild ass, onager
    • 1100s, Rubaʿī attributed to Umar Khayyām:
      بهرام که گور می‌گرفتی همه عمر
      دیدی که چگونه گور بهرام گرفت؟
      bahrām ki gōr mē-giriftē hama umr
      dīdī ki čigōna gōr bahrām girift?
      Bahrām [V], who hunted down onagers all his life;
      Have you seen how the grave has hunted down Bahrām?
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. (archaic) zebra
    Synonym: گورخر (gurxar)

References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gōr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? gawr
Dari reading? gawr
Iranian reading? gowr
Tajik reading? gavr

Noun

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گور (gowr)

  1. Alternative form of گبر

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Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Classical Persian گور (gōr).

Noun

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گور (gorf (Hindi spelling गोर)

  1. grave
  2. tomb
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Sanskrit गौर (gaura).

Noun

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گور (gaurm (Hindi spelling गौर)

  1. gaur (Bos gaurus)

Etymology 3

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Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit गौरि (gauri), variant of गौरी (gaurī).

Proper noun

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گور (gaurf (Hindi spelling गौर)

  1. (Hinduism) Parvati
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