گاومیش

Persian

یک گاومیش

Etymology

From Middle Persian TWRAmyš (gāw-mēš, literally “cow-sheep”); compare Persian ‎ (gâv, “cow”) and ‎ (mêš, “ewe”) for the constituents.

The Iranian word has been borrowed all over the Orient: compare Old Armenian գոմէշ (gomēš), Classical Syriac ܓܡܘܫܐ‎ (gāmōšā), Arabic جاموس‎ (jāmūs), Georgian გამეში (gameši), კამეჩი (ḳameči), კამბეჩი (ḳambeči), Chechen гомаш (gomaš), Ossetian къамбец (k’ambec).

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡɒːvˈmiːʃ]
(Dari) IPA^(key): [ɡɒːwˈmeːʃ]

Noun

گاومیش • (gâvmiš) (plural گاومیشان‎ (gâvmišân) or گاومیش‌ها‎ (gâvmiš-hâ))

buffalo

Inflection

basic forms of گاومیش

	singular	plural
bare	گاومیش (gâvmiš)	گاومیشان (gâvmišấn) گاومیشا (gâvmišấ) (colloquial)
definitive direct object	گاومیش را (gâvmiš râ) گاومیش رو (gâvmišo) (colloquial)	گاومیشان را (gâvmišấn râ) گاومیشا رو (gâvmišấ ro) (colloquial)
ezâfé	گاومیش (gâvmiš-e)	گاومیشان (gâvmišấn-e) گاومیشای (gâvmišấ-ye) (colloquial)
marked indefinite, relative definite	گاومیشی (gâvmiš-i)	گاومیشانی (gâvmišấn-i) گاومیشایی (gâvmišấi) (colloquial)

Synonyms

بوفالو‎ (bufâlo)

Descendants

Arabic: جاموس‎ (jāmūs)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գոմէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Abajev, V. I. (1958) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 618

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