کاهو
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Persian
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kʾhwk' /kāhōk/, “lettuce”),[1] perhaps whence borrowings Mazanderani کاهوک (kâhuk), کاوک (kâuk), کهوک (kahuk, “lettuce”), ultimately of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]کاهو • (kâhu)
Descendants
[edit]- → Bashkardi:
- Minabi: کاهو (kâhu)
- → Kermanic: kāhū, kāū, kāvū
- → Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: کاهوو (kahû)
- → Pashto: کاهو (kâhu)
- → Shahrudi: کاو (kâu)
References
[edit]- ^ Asatrian, Garnik (2011) “kāhū”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects[1] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 220