گیاه

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gyʾh /⁠giyāh⁠/, grass), from a compound formation related to Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬛𐬁𐬌𐬌𐬎 (gaodāiiu, grass, literally cow-giver), or that which nourishes the cow, synchronically analyzable as گاو (gâv, cow) +‎ دادَن (dâdan, to give).[1] Compare with Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫇 (gyʾw /⁠giyāw⁠/, grass, herbage), 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫃 (gyʾg /⁠gyāg⁠/, grass), Parthian 𐫃𐫇𐫏𐫀𐫇 (gwyʾw /⁠guyāw⁠/, grass), Northern Kurdish giya (grass, herb), Central Kurdish گِیا (giya), Gurani گیواو (gīwāw), گیاو (giyāw) and Baluchi گیاب (giyáb).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ɡiyāh
Dari reading? ɡiyāh
Iranian reading? ɡiyâh
Tajik reading? ɡiyoh

Noun

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Dari گیاه
Iranian Persian
Tajik гиёҳ

گیاه (giyâh) (plural گیاهان (giyâhân) or گیاه‌ها (giyâh-hâ))

  1. grass
  2. plant
  3. vegetable
  4. herb

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Gujarati: ગિયાહ (giyāh)
  • Uyghur: گىياھ (giyah)

References

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  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 212

Further reading

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