گور

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

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian gpl, [script needed] (gwbl /⁠gabr⁠/, “hollow, cavity, womb”). Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (gbr /⁠gabr⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡoːɾ]

(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 • (gôr)

Derived terms

گورستان‎ (gôrestân)
گورکن‎ (gôrkan)

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)
→ 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): [ɡoːɾ]

(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 • (gur)

(archaic) zebra
- Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat
  ‏‎‎
  bahrâm ke gôr mê-gereftê hama 'omr
  didi ke čegôna gôr bahrâm gereft?
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

گورخر‎ (gur-xar)

References

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡawɾ]

(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 • (gowr)

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

From Classical Persian ‎ (gōr).

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

From Sanskrit गौर (gaura).

Adjective

گور • (gaur) (Hindi spelling गौर)

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit गौरी (gaurī).

Proper noun

گور • (Gaur) f (Hindi spelling गौर)

Hindu goddess Parvati

Synonyms

گورا‎ (Gaurā)
پاروتی‎ (Pārvatī)

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