خرگوش
Persian
FWOTD – 6 December 2020
Alternative forms
- (plant senses): خرگوشک (xargôšak)
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭤𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭱 (xar-gōš, “rabbit, hare”, literally “big ear”), equivalent to خر (xar) + گوش (gôš). Compare Tajik харгӯш (xargüš), Talysh هووش, هوۊش (havüš), Pashto خرغوږ (xarğwaž), خرغوړ (xarğwaṛ), خرغوګ (xarğwag, “mullein”, literally “big ear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xaɾ.ɡoːʃ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xäɾ.ɡoːʃ]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [xäɾ.ɡoːʃ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [xäɾ.ɡʊːʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xæɹ.ɡuːʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χäɾ.ɡɵʃ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | xargōš |
Dari reading? | xargōš |
Iranian reading? | xarguš |
Tajik reading? | xargüš |
Noun
Dari | خرگوش |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | харгӯш |
خرگوش • (xargôš) (plural خرگوشها (xargôš-hâ))
- hare, rabbit
- 2005, Niyaz, The Hunt:
- خواب خرگوش به خواب یار میموند بله
- xâb-e xarguš be xâb-e yâr mi-munad, bale
- The dream of the hare reminds me of the dream of my lover, yes
- greater plantain (Plantago major)
- Synonyms: بارهنگ (bârhang), بارتنگ (bârtang), زبان بره (zabân-barre)
- mullein (Verbascum gen et spp.)
- Synonym: گل ماهور (gol-mâhur)
Descendants
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xar-gōš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 94
- Schapka, Ulrich, Volk, Otto Heinrich (1979) “Ein Verzeichnis von in Afghanistan gebräuchlichen Pflanzennamen”, in Afghanistan Journal, volume 6, number 1, Nr. 381 Verbascum spec., page 9a
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خرگوش (xargōš).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xəɾ.ɡoːʃ/
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