گلو

See also: کلو and كلو

Baluchi

Noun

گلو • (galo)

  1. door

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (glwk' /⁠galōg⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (throat). Cognate with Latin gula (throat) and Sanskrit गल (gala, throat, neck).

Pronunciation

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? gulō
Dari reading? gulō, gulū
Iranian reading? galu
Tajik reading? gulü

Noun

Dari گلو
Iranian Persian
Tajik гулӯ

گلو • (galu)

  1. throat
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 132:
      می‌خواستم که با تو تکلم کنم هوس
      کردی تبسم و نفسم در گلو گرفت
      mē-xwāstam ki bā tō takallum kunam hawas
      kardī tabassum u nafasam dar gulō girift
      I wished to communicate my desire to you;
      You smiled, and my breath was stuck in my throat.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “گلو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گلو (gulō). Cognate with Sanskrit गल (gala, throat, neck).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʊ.loː/, /ɡʊ.luː/, /ɡə.luː/

Noun

گلو • (gulo, gulū, galūf (Hindi spelling गुलो)

  1. neck, throat
  2. gullet, windpipe
  3. voice

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