کوه

See also: کوہ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭪𐭥𐭯 (kōf, “hill, mountain”), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎢𐎳 (kaufa, “mountain”),[1] from Proto-Iranian *káwfš, from Proto-Indo-European *kewHp- (“heap; to heap”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kōh
Dari reading? kōh
Iranian reading? kuh
Tajik reading? küh
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

کوه • (kōh / kuh) (plural کوه‌ها (kōh-hā / kuh-hâ), Tajik spelling кӯҳ)

  1. mountain

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: कोह (koh)
    Urdu: کوہ (koh)
  • → Kashmiri:
    Devanagari script: कॏह (kôh)
    Arabic script: کۄہ (kọh)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੋਹ (koh)
    Shahmukhi script: کوہ (koh)

References

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2011), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 371
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