gav

See also: Gav

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡ̊æˀ], (formal) IPA(key): [ˈɡ̊æˀw], [ˈɡ̊æwˀ]

Verb

gav

  1. past tense of give

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *gā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéh₂-mn̥ ~ *gʷh₂-mén-s, from *gʷeh₂- (“to step”). Cognate with Baluchi گام, Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥 (gāman), Persian گام, Ancient Greek βῆμα (bêma), Sanskrit प्रगामन् (pragāman).

Noun

gav f

  1. step

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

gav

  1. simple past of gi

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gav

  1. past of gje, gi, and gjeva

Portuguese

Noun

gav

  1. Abbreviation of gaveta: drawer.
    Gav. 3, maço 7, no. 32.
    Dr. 3, packet 7, no. 32.

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma), from Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma).[1][2][3] Cognate with Hindi गांव (gāmv, “village”).

Noun

gav m (nominative plural gava)

  1. village[1][2][3][4]

Descendants
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: gau
  • → German: Kaff

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “grāˊma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 235
  2. Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “gav”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 96a
  3. Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
  4. Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o gav, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 146a

Russenorsk

Noun

gav

  1. Alternative form of gaf (“ocean”)

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɑːv/

Verb

gav

  1. past indicative of ge
  2. past indicative of giva

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian կավ (kav, “clay”).

Noun

gav

  1. (dialectal) clay soil

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • “gav”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
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