گون

See also: گؤن, كون, and کون

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic ҝүн
Roman gün
Perso-Arabic گون

Noun

گون (gün) (definite accusative گونو (günü), plural گونلر (günlər))

  1. Arabic spelling of gün (day)

Declension


Ottoman Turkish

Noun

گون (gün)

  1. day
  2. sun

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian gwn' (gōn, colour, complexion). Akin to Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 (gaona, colour), Pashto غونه (γūna, colour), Ossetian хъуын (qwyn, hair), Kurdish gon (colour), Khotanese ggūna- (ggūna-, colour). Old Armenian գոյն (goyn) is an Iranian borrowing. Compare Sanskrit गुण (guṇa, thread, cord).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari Persian گون
Iranian Persian گون
Tajiki Persian гун (gun)

گون (gun)

  1. colour
  2. species
  3. form, kind, mode, manner, fashion

Derived terms

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “gōn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), گون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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