"گاو" meaning in Persian

See گاو in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɡɑːw] [Classical-Persian], [ɡɑːw] [Dari, formal], [ɡɑːw] [Dari, formal], [ɡäw] [Kabuli], [ɡäw] (note: Hazaragi), [ɡ̥ɒːv] [Iran, formal], [ɡɔw] [Tajik, formal], /ɡow/ [Iran, dialectal] Forms: gâv [romanization], گاوها [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (TWRA /⁠gāw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢 (g-u), from Proto-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognate to English cow, Urdu گائے (gāe) / Hindi गाय (gāy), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊 (gao), Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Latin bōs. Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|sc=Phlv|tr=TWRA|ts=gāw}} Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (TWRA /⁠gāw⁠/), {{inh|fa|peo|𐎥𐎢}} Old Persian 𐎥𐎢 (g-u), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*gā́wš}} Proto-Iranian *gā́wš, {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*gā́wš}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, {{inh|fa|ine-pro|*gʷṓws}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws, {{cog|en|cow}} English cow, {{cog|ur|گائے|tr=gāe}} Urdu گائے (gāe), {{cog|hi|गाय}} Hindi गाय (gāy), {{cog|ae|𐬔𐬀𐬊}} Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊 (gao), {{cog|grc|βοῦς}} Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), {{cog|la|bōs}} Latin bōs Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|گاوها|||||f1tr=gâv-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=gâv|tr2=|tr3=}} گاو • (gâv) (plural گاوها (gâv-hâ)), {{fa-noun|pl=گاوها|tr=gâv}} گاو • (gâv) (plural گاوها (gâv-hâ))
  1. cow, bull, cattle
    Sense id: en-گاو-fa-noun-HmUu-o2U
  2. (astronomy) the constellation Taurus Categories (topical): Astronomy, Constellations Categories (lifeform): Mammals
    Sense id: en-گاو-fa-noun-NLo06Y5i Disambiguation of Constellations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Mammals: 13 87 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 78 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 82 6 6 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: گاب (gâb), گو (gow), گا (gâ) [dialectal] Derived forms: آبله گاوی (âbele-ye gâvi) (english: cowpox), گاو دریایی (gâv-e daryâyi) (english: manatee), گاو دوش (gâv duš) (english: milking vessel), گاو چران (gâv čarân) (english: cowherd), گاو چشم (gâv češm) (english: big eyes), گاوآهن (gâv-âhan) (english: plow), گاوسار (gâvsâr) (english: kind of mace weapon), گاومیش (gâvmêš) (english: buffalo), گاوی (gâvi) (english: bovine), گل گاوزبان (gol gâv-zabân) (english: Echium plant) Related terms: گمیز (gomiz) (english: cow urine)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cowpox",
      "roman": "âbele-ye gâvi",
      "word": "آبله گاوی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "manatee",
      "roman": "gâv-e daryâyi",
      "word": "گاو دریایی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "milking vessel",
      "roman": "gâv duš",
      "word": "گاو دوش"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cowherd",
      "roman": "gâv čarân",
      "word": "گاو چران"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "big eyes",
      "roman": "gâv češm",
      "word": "گاو چشم"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "plow",
      "roman": "gâv-âhan",
      "word": "گاوآهن"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "kind of mace weapon",
      "roman": "gâvsâr",
      "word": "گاوسار"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "buffalo",
      "roman": "gâvmêš",
      "word": "گاومیش"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bovine",
      "roman": "gâvi",
      "word": "گاوی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Echium plant",
      "roman": "gol gâv-zabân",
      "word": "گل گاوزبان"
    }
  ],
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          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "گاو",
            "bor": "1",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: گاو (gāv, gāo)"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "English cow",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "گائے",
        "tr": "gāe"
      },
      "expansion": "Urdu گائے (gāe)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "गाय"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindi गाय (gāy)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬔𐬀𐬊"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊 (gao)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βοῦς"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "bōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bōs",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "gâv",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "گاوها",
      "roman": "gâv-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "gâv-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
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        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
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        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "گاو • (gâv) (plural گاوها (gâv-hâ))",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cow urine",
      "roman": "gomiz",
      "word": "گمیز"
    }
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    {
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        {
          "english": "If he is mad and bent on mischief, the cure for a madman is an ox-hide whip.",
          "ref": "c. 1260, Rumi, “5:3500”, in The Masnavi:",
          "roman": "u agar divâne ast o fetne-kâv, dâru-ye divâne bâšad kir-e gâv.",
          "text": "او اگر دیوانه است و فتنهکاو، داروی دیوانه باشد کیر گاو.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cow, bull, cattle"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
        [
          "bull",
          "bull"
        ],
        [
          "cattle",
          "cattle"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Astronomy",
          "orig": "fa:Astronomy",
          "parents": [
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            "Space",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 78 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 82 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
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          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 99",
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          "parents": [
            "Astronomy",
            "Sciences",
            "Space",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Mammals",
          "orig": "fa:Mammals",
          "parents": [
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the celestial Bull, like the cow of the sea, has on its neck gems, and pearls from the Pleiades.",
          "ref": "1192, Nizami Ganjavi, “Layla and Majnun”, in Khamsa:",
          "roman": "gâv-e falaki čo gâv-e daryâ, gowhar be-galu dorr az sorayyâ.",
          "text": "گاو فلکی چو گاو دریا، گوهر بگلو در از ثریا.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "the constellation Taurus"
      ],
      "id": "en-گاو-fa-noun-NLo06Y5i",
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
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          "constellation",
          "constellation"
        ],
        [
          "Taurus",
          "Taurus"
        ]
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        "(astronomy) the constellation Taurus"
      ],
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        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɑːw]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɑːw]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɑːw]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡäw]",
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        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡäw]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡ̥ɒːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɔw]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡow/",
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        "Iran",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gâb",
      "word": "گاب"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gow",
      "word": "گو"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gâ",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "گا"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Echium"
  ],
  "word": "گاو"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Old Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Old Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for Book Pahlavi script for Middle Persian terms",
    "Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "cowpox",
      "roman": "âbele-ye gâvi",
      "word": "آبله گاوی"
    },
    {
      "english": "manatee",
      "roman": "gâv-e daryâyi",
      "word": "گاو دریایی"
    },
    {
      "english": "milking vessel",
      "roman": "gâv duš",
      "word": "گاو دوش"
    },
    {
      "english": "cowherd",
      "roman": "gâv čarân",
      "word": "گاو چران"
    },
    {
      "english": "big eyes",
      "roman": "gâv češm",
      "word": "گاو چشم"
    },
    {
      "english": "plow",
      "roman": "gâv-âhan",
      "word": "گاوآهن"
    },
    {
      "english": "kind of mace weapon",
      "roman": "gâvsâr",
      "word": "گاوسار"
    },
    {
      "english": "buffalo",
      "roman": "gâvmêš",
      "word": "گاومیش"
    },
    {
      "english": "bovine",
      "roman": "gâvi",
      "word": "گاوی"
    },
    {
      "english": "Echium plant",
      "roman": "gol gâv-zabân",
      "word": "گل گاوزبان"
    }
  ],
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    }
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      },
      "expansion": "English cow",
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "bōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bōs",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (TWRA /⁠gāw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢 (g-u), from Proto-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.\nCognate to English cow, Urdu گائے (gāe) / Hindi गाय (gāy), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊 (gao), Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Latin bōs.",
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    {
      "form": "gâv",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "گاوها",
      "roman": "gâv-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "gâv-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "gâv",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "گاو • (gâv) (plural گاوها (gâv-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "گاوها",
        "tr": "gâv"
      },
      "expansion": "گاو • (gâv) (plural گاوها (gâv-hâ))",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "english": "cow urine",
      "roman": "gomiz",
      "word": "گمیز"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If he is mad and bent on mischief, the cure for a madman is an ox-hide whip.",
          "ref": "c. 1260, Rumi, “5:3500”, in The Masnavi:",
          "roman": "u agar divâne ast o fetne-kâv, dâru-ye divâne bâšad kir-e gâv.",
          "text": "او اگر دیوانه است و فتنهکاو، داروی دیوانه باشد کیر گاو.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cow, bull, cattle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
        [
          "bull",
          "bull"
        ],
        [
          "cattle",
          "cattle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with quotations",
        "fa:Astronomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the celestial Bull, like the cow of the sea, has on its neck gems, and pearls from the Pleiades.",
          "ref": "1192, Nizami Ganjavi, “Layla and Majnun”, in Khamsa:",
          "roman": "gâv-e falaki čo gâv-e daryâ, gowhar be-galu dorr az sorayyâ.",
          "text": "گاو فلکی چو گاو دریا، گوهر بگلو در از ثریا.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the constellation Taurus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "constellation",
          "constellation"
        ],
        [
          "Taurus",
          "Taurus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) the constellation Taurus"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɑːw]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɑːw]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɑːw]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡäw]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡäw]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡ̥ɒːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɔw]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡow/",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "gâb",
      "word": "گاب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gow",
      "word": "گو"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gâ",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "گا"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Echium"
  ],
  "word": "گاو"
}

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