گاومیش
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Persian
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Alternative forms
[edit]- گامیش (gâmiš)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian TWRAmyš (gāw-mēš, literally “cow-sheep”); compare Persian گاو (gâv, “cow”) and میش (miš, “ewe”) for the constituents. Old Armenian գոմէշ (gomēš), Classical Syriac ܓܡܘܫܐ (gāmōšā) and Old Georgian კამბეჩი (ḳambeči) are borrowed from Middle Iranian.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɡɑːw.meːʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡ̥ɒːv.miːʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡɔw.meʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | gāwmēš |
| Dari reading? | gāwmēš |
| Iranian reading? | gâvmiš |
| Tajik reading? | govmeš |
Noun
[edit]گاومیش • (gâvmiš) (plural گاومیشان (gâvmišân) or گاومیشها (gâvmiš-hâ))
Inflection
[edit]| Basic forms of گاومیش (gâvmiš) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| bare | گاومیش (gâvmiš) |
گاومیشان (gâvmišấn) گاومیشا △ (gâvmišấ) |
| definitive direct object | گاومیش را (gâvmiš râ) گاومیش رو △ (gâvmišo) |
گاومیشان را (gâvmišấn râ) گاومیشا رو △ (gâvmišấ ro) |
| ezâfe | گاومیش (gâvmiš-e) |
گاومیشان (gâvmišấn-e) گاومیشای △ (gâvmišấ-ye) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
گاومیشی (gâvmiš-i) |
گاومیشانی (gâvmišấn-i) گاومیشایی △ (gâvmišấi) |
| △ Colloquial. | ||
Descendants
[edit]- → Arabic: جاموس (jāmūs)
- → Chechen: гомаш (gomaš)
- → Gujarati: ગાવમેશ (gāvmeś)
- → Old Georgian: გამეში (gameši)
References
[edit]- Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 618
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գոմէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 575b
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 137
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 886, page 198
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 36