غوطه

Persian

Alternative forms

غوته

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَوْطَة (ḡawṭa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɣoː.ˈta/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣoː.t̪ʰǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣoː.t̪ʰǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣʊː.t̪ʰǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [quː.t̪ʰé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁɵ.t̪ʰǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ġōta
Dari reading^?	ġōta
Iranian reading^?	ġute
Tajik reading^?	ġüta

Noun

غوطه • (ġute)

a dive, plunge

Derived terms

غوطه کردن (ġute kardan)
غوطه زدن (ġute zadan)
غوطه خوردن (ġute xordan)
غوطه‌ور (ġute-var)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ग़ोता (ġotā)

Urdu: غوطَہ (ġota)

Further reading

Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “غوطه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 626a