گاه

See also: کاه

Persian

Alternative forms

• گه (gah)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gʾs), 𐫃𐫀𐫍 (gʾh /⁠gāh⁠/, “place, throne, bed; time”), compare Northern Kurdish -geh and Old Armenian գահ (gah), Lurish گێ (gı, “shift, time”), which is an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɒːh/

Noun

گاه • (gâh)

1. time

   Synonyms: وقت (vaqt), زمان (zamân)

2. place

   Synonyms: جا (jâ), مکان (makân)

3. (rare) throne

   Synonym: تخت (taxt)

Derived terms

• گاهی (gâhi)
• گهگاه (gahgâh)
• گهگدار (gahgodâr)

Suffix

ـگاه • (-gâh)

1. A suffix forming words of location.

See also

Category Persian terms suffixed with گاه not found

Related terms

• درگاه (dargâh)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “گاه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gāh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 34

Descendants

→ Urdu: گاہ (gāh)