گاه

See also: کاه

Persian

Alternative forms

  • گه (gah) (metrical variant)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? gāh
Dari reading? gāh
Iranian reading? gâh
Tajik reading? goh

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gʾs), 𐫃𐫀𐫍 (gʾh /⁠gāh⁠/, place, throne, bed; time), from Old Persian [script needed] (gāθu-, place; throne, chair), from Proto-Iranian *gātu- / *gāθu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (to step). Compare Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬙𐬎 (gātu, place, seat, throne) and Sanskrit गातु (gātú, going; way; place). Doublet of جاه (jâh), which passed through Arabic.

Noun

گاه • (gâh)

  1. A word for time:
    1. time (in general)
      Synonyms: وقت (vaqt), زمان (zamân)
      در آن گاهdar ân gâhat that time
    2. (Zoroastrianism) One of the five ritual divisions of a 24-hour day, each with a specific Zoroastrian prayer.
  2. A word for place:
    1. office, seat, position
    2. (archaic) throne
    3. (obsolete, except as a suffix) place (in general)
      Synonyms: جا (), مکان (makân)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: gah
  • Northern Kurdish: geh

Suffix

ـگاه • (-gâh)

  1. A suffix forming words of location.
  2. A suffix forming words of time.
Derived terms
Persian terms suffixed with گاه
Descendants

Adverb

گاه • (gâh)

  1. Contraction of گاهی (gâhi, sometimes).

References

  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 269

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gʾs /⁠gāh⁠/, Gatha; hymn, song), from Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā, Gatha; song), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gaHtʰás (song) from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾eH-tHó-s, from the root Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾eH- (to sing, cry).

Noun

گاه • (gâh)

  1. (archaic) hymn, song
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Gatha, the most archaic segment of the Avesta, composed by Zoroaster himself
Derived terms

References

Sindhi

Alternative forms

  • گاهُه

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɑhʊ]

Noun

گاهُ • (gāhu) m (Devanagari गाहु)

  1. grass

References

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “گاهُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • Khānu, Balocu (1960-1988) “گاهُه”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Ḥaidarābād, Sindhu: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
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