آهو

Pashto

Noun

آهو • (āhu) m

  1. antelope
  2. wild goat
  3. (poetic) gazelle

Persian

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.ɦuː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.wuː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔɔː.wu]

Readings
Classical reading? āhū
Dari reading? āhū
Iranian reading? âhu
Tajik reading? ohu

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠āhūg⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱus (sharp, swift). Cognates with Northern Kurdish ask and Baluchi آسک (ásk).

Noun

Dari آهو
Iranian Persian
Tajik оҳу

آهو • (âhu) (plural آهوان (âhovân) or آهوها (âhuhâ))

  1. gazelle
    Synonym: غزال (ğazâl)
  2. (less common) deer
    Synonym: گوزن (gavazn)
Derived terms
  • آهوبره (âhu-barre, fawn), آهوانه (âhuâne)
Descendants
  • Gujarati: આહૂ (āhū)

Proper noun

آهو • (âhu)

  1. a female given name, Ahu, from Middle Persian

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

آهو • (âhu)

  1. (archaic) defect, imperfection
    • 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
      دو گوش و دو پای من آهو گرفت / تهی‌دستی و سال نیرو گرفت
      do guš o do pâye man âhu gereft / tohidasti yo sâl niru gereft
      My both ears and legs (my body) have grown faulty / and destitution and the old age emerged instead!
Descendants
  • Gilaki: [script needed] (åhú)
  • Gujarati: આહૂ (āhū)
  • Kermanic:
    Gazi: [script needed] (åhū)
    Kafroni: [script needed] (åvī́)
    Kesehi: [script needed] (ā̊hṻ)
    Natanzi: [script needed] (åvī́)
    Qohrudi: [script needed] (åhū́)
    Vonishuni: [script needed] (åhū́)
    Sedehi: [script needed] (åhū́)
    Zefrehi: [script needed] (åhṻ)
  • Urdu: آہو (āhū)
  • Lasgerdi: [script needed] (āhú)
  • Ormuri: [script needed] (āū)
  • Parachi: āhū́
  • Sarikoli: [script needed] (āhu)
  • Semnani: āhú
  • Shahmirzadi: [script needed] (ā̊hū̆)
  • Sivandi: [script needed] (āhū)
  • Sorkhei: [script needed] (ahü)
  • Turkish: Ahu
  • English: ahu

References

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