gwhl

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian *gauθra- or *gavaθra-. Akin to Kurdish, Sanskrit गोत्र (gotra, “species, lineage”).

Noun

gwhl • (gōhr, gōhar)

1. substance, essence, nature
   • Wizīdagīhā ī Zādspram, chapter 3, line 28

     PWN 1000 ŠNT gwhl Y kwp BYN zmyk' YHBWNt YKOYMWNʾt

     pad hazār sāl gōhr ī kōf andar zamīg dād ēstād

     for a thousand years the substance of the mountains had been created in the earth.

2. jewel
3. stock, lineage

Derived terms

• gwhlk' (gōhrag)
• gwhlkdʾnʾk' (gōhragdānāg)
• gwhlyk' (gōhrīg)

Descendants

• Persian: گوهر (gauhar), گهر (gohar)
  • → Arabic: جوهر (jawhar) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Azerbaijani: gövhər
  • → Bashkir: гәүһәр (gəwhər), Гәүһәр (Gəwhər)
  • → Georgian: გოარი (goari)
  • → Gujarati: ગૌહર (gauhar)
  • → Kazakh: гауһар (gauhar)
  • → Middle Mongol: ᠭᠥ‍ᠭᠠ‍ᠷ (gö‍ɣa‍r)
  • → Turkmen: göwher
  • → Urdu: گوہر (gauhar, gohar)
• → Aramaic:

  Classical Mandaic: ࡂࡅࡄࡀࡓ (guhar)

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: גוהר (guhar)

• → Georgian: გოარი (goari)
• → Old Armenian: գոհար (gohar), գօհար (gōhar), գաւհար (gawhar), գուհար (guhar)
  • Middle Armenian: գուհար (guhar)
  • → Armenian: գոհար (gohar)