گور

See also: گؤز, کور, كور, كوز, کوز, گوز, and گوٗر

Kashmiri

Noun

گور • (gōr) m

a Hindu priest

Noun

گور • (gōr) m

water chestnut

Noun

گور • (gōr) m

Persian

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Middle Persian [script needed] (gpl /⁠gabr⁠/)

Persian

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

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːr/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡoːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡʊːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɵɾ]

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

Noun


Iranian Persian	گور
Dari	گور
Tajik	гӯр

گور • (gōr / gur) (Tajik spelling гӯр)

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)
desert

Derived terms

گور بابات (gur-e bâbât)
گورستان (gurestân)
گورکن (gurkan)

Descendants

→ 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)
Pashto: ګور (gor)
→ Tatar: гүр (gür)
→ Turkmen: gör
→ Uyghur: گور (gor)
→ Uzbek: goʻr

References

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːr/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡoːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡʊːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɵɾ]

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

Noun


Iranian Persian	گور
Dari	گور
Tajik	гӯр

گور • (gōr / gur) (Tajik spelling гӯр)

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)
(archaic) zebra
Synonym: گورخر (gurxar)

References

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡawr/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäwɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡäwɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡäwɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥owɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäwɾ]

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

Noun

گور • (gawr / gowr) (Tajik spelling гавр)

alternative form of

References

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

Urdu

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Middle Persian [script needed] (gpl /⁠gabr⁠/)

Classical Persian (gōr)bor.

Urdu گور

Borrowed from Classical Persian (gōr), from Middle Persian [script needed] (gpl /⁠gabr⁠/).

Noun

گور • (gor) f (Hindi spelling गोर)

grave
tomb

Related terms

گورخر (gorxar)
گورستان (goristān, “cemetery, graveyard”)
درگور (dargor, “get lost!, be away!, in the grave, entombed, may you lie in the grave!, may you die!”)
زندہ درگور (zinda-dargor, “halfdead, having a foot in the grave, leading an unhappy life, living in agony”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit गौर (gaura).

Noun

گَور • (gaur) m (Hindi spelling गौर)

gaur (Bos gaurus)

Etymology 3

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

Proper noun

گَور • (gaur) f (Hindi spelling गौर)

(Hinduism) Parvati

Synonyms

پاروتی (pārvatī)