"گرگ" meaning in Persian

See گرگ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɡuɾɡ] [Classical-Persian], [ɡʊɾɡ] [Dari, formal], [ɡʊɾɡ] [Dari, formal], [ɡʊɾɡ] [Kabuli], [ɡuɾɡ̥] (note: Hazaragi), [ɡ̥oɹɡʲ̥] [Iran, formal], [ɡuɾɡ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: gorg [romanization], گرگها [plural], گرگان [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gʿlg /⁠gurg⁠/, “wolf”), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (v-r-k /⁠varka-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀 (vəhrka), Sogdian [script needed] (wyrk- /⁠wərk⁠/), Baluchi گرک (gurk), Mazanderani ورگ (verg), Northern Kurdish gur, gurg, Ossetian бирӕгъ (biræǧ)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas (“wolf”) (compare Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka)), from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (compare English wolf). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢|gloss=wolf|ts=gurg}} Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gʿlg /⁠gurg⁠/, “wolf”), {{inh|fa|peo|𐎺𐎼𐎣|ts=varka-}} Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (v-r-k /⁠varka-⁠/), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*wŕ̥kah}} Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah, {{cog|ae|𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀}} Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀 (vəhrka), {{cog|sog|tr=wyrk-|ts=wərk}} Sogdian [script needed] (wyrk- /⁠wərk⁠/), {{cog|bal|گرک|tr=gurk}} Baluchi گرک (gurk), {{cog|mzn|ورگ|tr=verg}} Mazanderani ورگ (verg), {{cog|kmr|gur}} Northern Kurdish gur, {{m|kmr|gurg}} gurg, {{cog|os|бирӕгъ}} Ossetian бирӕгъ (biræǧ), {{inherited|fa|iir-pro|*wŕ̥kas|gloss=wolf}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas (“wolf”), {{cog|sa|वृक|tr=vṛ́ka}} Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), {{inherited|fa|ine-pro|*wĺ̥kʷos}} Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos, {{cog|en|wolf}} English wolf Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|گرگها|or|گرگان|||f1tr=gorg-hâ|f2tr=gorgân|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=gorg|tr2=|tr3=}} گرگ • (gorg) (plural گرگها (gorg-hâ) or گرگان (gorgân)), {{fa-noun|pl=گرگها|pl2=گرگان|tr=gorg}} گرگ • (gorg) (plural گرگها (gorg-hâ) or گرگان (gorgân))
  1. a wolf Categories (lifeform): Canids
    Sense id: en-گرگ-fa-noun-FNxNw2i2 Disambiguation of Canids: 65 35
  2. (figurative) a social or sexual predator Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-گرگ-fa-noun-mNQU~c-l Categories (other): Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters: 12 7 7 7 7 7 11 7 5 31 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Persian entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: گرگومیش (gorg-o-miš) (english: twilight), گرگخوی (gorg-xuy) (english: wolfish, fierce, savage), گرگین (gorgin) (english: wolflike, lupine), گرگینه (gorgine) (english: werewolf), گرگِ بالاندیده (gorg-e bâlân-dide) (english: a highly seasoned person), گرگِ بیابان (gorg-e biâbân) (english: Steppenwolf), کفگرگی (kaf-gorgi) (english: slap), گرگِ تاسمانی (gorg-e tâsmâni) (english: Tasmanian wolf) Related terms: گرگان (gorgân), گرجستان (gorjestân)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "twilight",
      "roman": "gorg-o-miš",
      "word": "گرگومیش"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "wolfish, fierce, savage",
      "roman": "gorg-xuy",
      "word": "گرگخوی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "wolflike, lupine",
      "roman": "gorgin",
      "word": "گرگین"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "werewolf",
      "roman": "gorgine",
      "word": "گرگینه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a highly seasoned person",
      "roman": "gorg-e bâlân-dide",
      "word": "گرگِ بالاندیده"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Steppenwolf",
      "roman": "gorg-e biâbân",
      "word": "گرگِ بیابان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "slap",
      "roman": "kaf-gorgi",
      "word": "کفگرگی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Tasmanian wolf",
      "roman": "gorg-e tâsmâni",
      "word": "گرگِ تاسمانی"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢",
        "gloss": "wolf",
        "ts": "gurg"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gʿlg /⁠gurg⁠/, “wolf”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎺𐎼𐎣",
        "ts": "varka-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (v-r-k /⁠varka-⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*wŕ̥kah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀 (vəhrka)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sog",
        "tr": "wyrk-",
        "ts": "wərk"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [script needed] (wyrk- /⁠wərk⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bal",
        "2": "گرک",
        "tr": "gurk"
      },
      "expansion": "Baluchi گرک (gurk)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mzn",
        "2": "ورگ",
        "tr": "verg"
      },
      "expansion": "Mazanderani ورگ (verg)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "gur"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish gur",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "gurg"
      },
      "expansion": "gurg",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "os",
        "2": "бирӕгъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ossetian бирӕгъ (biræǧ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*wŕ̥kas",
        "gloss": "wolf"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas (“wolf”)",
      "name": "inherited"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "वृक",
        "tr": "vṛ́ka"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wĺ̥kʷos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos",
      "name": "inherited"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wolf"
      },
      "expansion": "English wolf",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gʿlg /⁠gurg⁠/, “wolf”), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (v-r-k /⁠varka-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀 (vəhrka), Sogdian [script needed] (wyrk- /⁠wərk⁠/), Baluchi گرک (gurk), Mazanderani ورگ (verg), Northern Kurdish gur, gurg, Ossetian бирӕгъ (biræǧ)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas (“wolf”) (compare Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka)), from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (compare English wolf).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gorg",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "گرگها",
      "roman": "gorg-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "گرگان",
      "roman": "gorgân",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "گرگها",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "گرگان",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "gorg-hâ",
        "f2tr": "gorgân",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "gorg",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "گرگ • (gorg) (plural گرگها (gorg-hâ) or گرگان (gorgân))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "گرگها",
        "pl2": "گرگان",
        "tr": "gorg"
      },
      "expansion": "گرگ • (gorg) (plural گرگها (gorg-hâ) or گرگان (gorgân))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gorgân",
      "word": "گرگان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gorjestân",
      "word": "گرجستان"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Canids",
          "orig": "fa:Canids",
          "parents": [
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a wolf"
      ],
      "id": "en-گرگ-fa-noun-FNxNw2i2",
      "links": [
        [
          "wolf",
          "wolf"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 7 7 7 7 11 7 5 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There are lots of predators out there!",
          "roman": "un birun por-e gorg-e!",
          "text": "اون بیرون پر گرگه!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a social or sexual predator"
      ],
      "id": "en-گرگ-fa-noun-mNQU~c-l",
      "links": [
        [
          "social",
          "social"
        ],
        [
          "sexual predator",
          "sexual predator"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) a social or sexual predator"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡuɾɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡʊɾɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡʊɾɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡʊɾɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡuɾɡ̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡ̥oɹɡʲ̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡuɾɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dehkhoda Dictionary",
    "Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute",
    "University of Tehran Press",
    "fa:گرگ"
  ],
  "word": "گرگ"
}
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    "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian palindromes",
    "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 native script for Sogdian terms",
    "fa:Canids"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "twilight",
      "roman": "gorg-o-miš",
      "word": "گرگومیش"
    },
    {
      "english": "wolfish, fierce, savage",
      "roman": "gorg-xuy",
      "word": "گرگخوی"
    },
    {
      "english": "wolflike, lupine",
      "roman": "gorgin",
      "word": "گرگین"
    },
    {
      "english": "werewolf",
      "roman": "gorgine",
      "word": "گرگینه"
    },
    {
      "english": "a highly seasoned person",
      "roman": "gorg-e bâlân-dide",
      "word": "گرگِ بالاندیده"
    },
    {
      "english": "Steppenwolf",
      "roman": "gorg-e biâbân",
      "word": "گرگِ بیابان"
    },
    {
      "english": "slap",
      "roman": "kaf-gorgi",
      "word": "کفگرگی"
    },
    {
      "english": "Tasmanian wolf",
      "roman": "gorg-e tâsmâni",
      "word": "گرگِ تاسمانی"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢",
        "gloss": "wolf",
        "ts": "gurg"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gʿlg /⁠gurg⁠/, “wolf”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎺𐎼𐎣",
        "ts": "varka-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (v-r-k /⁠varka-⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*wŕ̥kah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀 (vəhrka)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sog",
        "tr": "wyrk-",
        "ts": "wərk"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [script needed] (wyrk- /⁠wərk⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bal",
        "2": "گرک",
        "tr": "gurk"
      },
      "expansion": "Baluchi گرک (gurk)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mzn",
        "2": "ورگ",
        "tr": "verg"
      },
      "expansion": "Mazanderani ورگ (verg)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "gur"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish gur",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "gurg"
      },
      "expansion": "gurg",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "os",
        "2": "бирӕгъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ossetian бирӕгъ (biræǧ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*wŕ̥kas",
        "gloss": "wolf"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas (“wolf”)",
      "name": "inherited"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "वृक",
        "tr": "vṛ́ka"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wĺ̥kʷos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos",
      "name": "inherited"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wolf"
      },
      "expansion": "English wolf",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gʿlg /⁠gurg⁠/, “wolf”), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (v-r-k /⁠varka-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀 (vəhrka), Sogdian [script needed] (wyrk- /⁠wərk⁠/), Baluchi گرک (gurk), Mazanderani ورگ (verg), Northern Kurdish gur, gurg, Ossetian бирӕгъ (biræǧ)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas (“wolf”) (compare Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka)), from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (compare English wolf).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gorg",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "گرگها",
      "roman": "gorg-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "گرگان",
      "roman": "gorgân",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "گرگها",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "گرگان",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "gorg-hâ",
        "f2tr": "gorgân",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "gorg",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "گرگ • (gorg) (plural گرگها (gorg-hâ) or گرگان (gorgân))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "گرگها",
        "pl2": "گرگان",
        "tr": "gorg"
      },
      "expansion": "گرگ • (gorg) (plural گرگها (gorg-hâ) or گرگان (gorgân))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "gorgân",
      "word": "گرگان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gorjestân",
      "word": "گرجستان"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a wolf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wolf",
          "wolf"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There are lots of predators out there!",
          "roman": "un birun por-e gorg-e!",
          "text": "اون بیرون پر گرگه!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a social or sexual predator"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "social",
          "social"
        ],
        [
          "sexual predator",
          "sexual predator"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) a social or sexual predator"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡuɾɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡʊɾɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡʊɾɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡʊɾɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡuɾɡ̥]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡ̥oɹɡʲ̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡuɾɡ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dehkhoda Dictionary",
    "Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute",
    "University of Tehran Press",
    "fa:گرگ"
  ],
  "word": "گرگ"
}

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