گاومیش

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian 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.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? gāwmēš
Dari reading? gāwmēš
Iranian reading? gâvmiš
Tajik reading? govmeš

Noun

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گاومیش (gâvmiš) (plural گاومیشان (gâvmišân) or گاومیش‌ها (gâvmiš-hâ))

  1. buffalo
    Synonym: بوفالو (bufâlo)

Inflection

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    Basic forms of گاومیش (gâvmiš)
singular plural
bare گاومیش
(gâvmiš)
گاومیشان
(gâvmišấn)
گاومیشا
(gâvmišấ)
definitive direct object گاومیش را
(gâvmiš râ)
گاومیش رو
(gâvmišo)
گاومیشان را
(gâvmišấn râ)
گاومیشا رو
(gâvmišấ ro)
ezâfe گاومیش
(gâvmiš-e)
گاومیشان
(gâvmišấn-e)
گاومیشای
(gâvmišấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
گاومیشی
(gâvmiš-i)
گاومیشانی
(gâvmišấn-i)
گاومیشایی
(gâvmišấi)
Colloquial.

Descendants

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References

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  • 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