گاومیش
Persian
Alternative forms
- گامیش (gâmiš)
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (TWRAmyš /gāw-mēš/, literally “cow-sheep”); compare Persian گاو (gâv, “cow”) and میش (miš, “ewe”) for the constituents. Old Armenian գոմէշ (gomēš), Classical Syriac ܓܡܘܫܐ (gāmōšā) and Old Georgian კამბეჩი (ḳambeči) are borrowed from Middle Iranian languages.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɡaːw.ˈmeːʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡɑːw.meːʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡ̥ɒːv.miːʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡɔw.meʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | gāwmēš |
| Dari reading? | gāwmēš |
| Iranian reading? | gâvmiš |
| Tajik reading? | govmeš |
Noun
گاومیش • (gâvmiš) (plural گاومیشان, or گاومیشها)
- buffalo
- Synonym: بوفالو (bufâlo)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| bare | گاومیش (gâvmiš) | گاومیشان، گاومیشا△ (gâvmišấn, gâvmišấ△) |
| definitive direct object | گاومیش را، گاومیش رو△ (gâvmiš râ, gâvmišo△) | گاومیشان را، گاومیشا رو△ (gâvmišấn râ, gâvmišấ ro△) |
| ezâfe | گاومیش (gâvmiš-e) | گاومیشان، گاومیشای△ (gâvmišấn-e, gâvmišấ-ye△) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
گاومیشی (gâvmiš-i) | گاومیشانی، گاومیشایی△ (gâvmišấn-i, gâvmišấi△) |
△ Colloquial.
Descendants
- → Arabic: جاموس (jāmūs)
- → Chechen: гомаш (gomaš)
- → Gujarati: ગાવમેશ (gāvmeś)
- → Old Georgian: გამეში (gameši)
References
- Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 618
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գոմէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 575b
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 137
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 886, page 198
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 36