گوزن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭠𐭦𐭭 (gʿʾzn /⁠gawazn⁠/, “deer”), from Proto-Iranian *gavasna- (“deer”), perhaps from a suffixed form of *gā́wš (“cow”) + *Hajáh (“goat”), or from the BMAC substrate. Compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (gauuasna).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ˈwazn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡä.wázn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡä.wázn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡä.wázn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡä.wázn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæ.vǽzn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡä.vázn]

• Rhymes: -azn

Readings
Classical reading?	gawazn
Dari reading?	gawazn
Iranian reading?	gavazn
Tajik reading?	gavazn

Noun

Dari	گوزن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гавазн

گوزن • (gavazn)

1. deer

   Synonym: آهو (âhu)

Descendants

• → Urdu: گوزن (gauzan)

Urdu

گوزن

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گوزن (gawazn, “deer; stag”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡɔː.zən/, /ɡə.ʋəzn/

Noun

گوزن • (gavazn) f (Hindi spelling गौज़न)

1. stag

   ہم نے گوزن کا شکار کیا اور اس کے سینگ کاٹ لیے۔

   ham ne gavazn kā śikār kiyā aur us ke sīng kāṭ liye

   We hunted a stag and cut off its antlers.

Derived terms

• شاخِ گَوَزن (śax-e-gavazn, “horn of a stag”)

Related terms

• آہو (āhū)

References

• “گوزن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “گوزن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “گوزن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “گوزن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.