گوهر

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian gwhl (/⁠gōhr, gōhar⁠/, substance, essence; jewel), from Old Persian *gauθra, *gavaθra.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? gawhar
Dari reading? gawhar
Iranian reading? gowhar
Tajik reading? gavhar
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Noun

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Dari گوهر
Iranian Persian
Tajik гавҳар

گوهر (gowhar) (plural گوهرها (gowhar-hâ))

  1. jewel
  2. gem
  3. pearl
  4. essence

Descendants

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Proper noun

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گوهر (gowhar)

  1. a female given name, Gohar or Gowhar, from Middle Persian

Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “گوهر”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1057a–1059b