خرگوش
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Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- خرگوشک (xargôšak) (plant senses)
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xaɾ.ɡoːʃ]
- (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
[edit]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)
- mullein (Verbascum gen et spp.)
- Synonym: گل ماهور (gol-mâhur)
Descendants
[edit]- → Arabic: خَرْكُوش (ḵarkūš, “plantain”) (never common)
- → Hindustani:
- → Punjabi:
References
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian خرگوش (xargōš).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xəɾ.ɡoːʃ/
Noun
[edit]خرگوش • (xargoś) m (Hindi spelling ख़रगोश)
Descendants
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- fa:Plantain family plants
- fa:Lamiales order plants
- fa:Mammals
- fa:Rabbits
- Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Urdu lemmas
- Urdu nouns
- Urdu masculine nouns
- ur:Mammals
- ur:Rabbits