کاهو

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kʾhwk' /⁠kāhōk⁠/, “lettuce”), perhaps whence borrowings Mazanderani کاهوک (kâhuk), Northern Luri کاهووڕ (kahurr), کاوک (kâuk), کهوک (kahuk, “lettuce”), ultimately of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaː.ˈhuː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.ɦúː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.ɦúː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.wúː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔː.wú]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒː.ɦúː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔ.ɦú]

• Rhymes: -uː

Readings
Classical reading?	kāhū
Dari reading?	kāhū
Iranian reading?	kâhu
Tajik reading?	kohu

Noun

کاهو • (kāhū / kâhu) (Tajik spelling коҳу)

1. lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

Descendants

• → Bashkardi:

  Minabi: کاهو (kâhu)

• → Kermanic: kāhū, kāū, kāvū
• → Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کاهوو (kahû)

• → Mazanderani: کهو (kahu)
• → Pashto: کاهو (kâhu)
• → Shahrudi: کاو (kâu)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “کاهو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “کاهو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• “کاهو”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2026