گور

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

Persian

Etymology 1

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): [ɡoːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) 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

Dari	گور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гӯр

گور • (gur)

1. 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)

2. desert

Derived terms

• 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)

• → 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]

• (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

Dari	گور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гӯр

گور • (gur)

1. 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)

2. (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): [ɡawɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäwɾ]

• (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)

1. Alternative form of گبر

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 گور (gōr).

Noun

گور • (gor) f (Hindi spelling गोर)

1. grave
2. 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)

1. white
2. pale
3. fair

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit गौरी (gaurī).

Proper noun

گور • (Gaur) f (Hindi spelling गौर)

1. (Hinduism) Parvati

Synonyms

• گورا (Gaurā)
• پاروتی (Pārvatī)