گوهر

Persian

Alternative forms

گهر‎ (gohar)

Etymology

From Middle Persian gwhl (gōhr, “substance, essence; jewel”), from Old Persian *gauθra, *gavaθra, possibly from a root gav-, 'grow, increase'.

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡouˈhæɾ/
(Tehrani) IPA^(key): /ɡoːˈhæɾ/
(Dari) IPA^(key): /ɡæuˈhæɾ/

Noun

Dari Persian	گوهر‎
Iranian Persian	گوهر‎
Tajiki Persian	гавҳар (gavhar)

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

Descendants

→ Arabic: جوهر‎ (jawhar)
- Maltese: ġawhra
- → Chechen: жовхӏар (žowhar)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: जौहर (jauhar)
  Urdu: جوہر‎ (jauhar)
- → Indonesian: jauhar
- → Malay: Johor
  - → English: Johor, Johore
- → Middle Armenian: ջոհար (ǰohar), ջուար (ǰuar), ջօհար (ǰōhar), ջուհար (ǰuhar), ջաւհար (ǰawhar), ճոհար (čohar), ճուհար (čuhar), ճօհար (čōhar)
- → Persian: جوهر‎ (jowhar)
  - → Ottoman Turkish: جوهر‎ (cevher)
    - Turkish: cevher
    - → Albanian: xeheror (dubious)
    - → Greek: τζοβαΐρι (tzovaḯri)
    - → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: џевер
      Latin: džever
- → Swahili: johari
- ⇒ Arabic: جواهر‎ pl (jawāhir)
  - → Ottoman Turkish: جوهر‎‎ pl (cevahir)
    - Turkish: cevahir
      - → Romanian: giuvaier, juvaer, giuvaer
    - → Albanian: Xhevahir (given name)
    - → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: џева́хир, џева́јир
      Latin: dževáhir, dževájir
  - → Persian: جواهر‎ (javâher)
→ Bashkir: гәүһәр (gäwhär), Гәүһәр (Gäwhär)
→ Turkmen: göwher

Proper noun

گوهر • (gowhar)

A female given name, Gohar or Gowhar.

Synonyms

جواهر‎ (javâher)

Related terms

گوهران‎ (gowharân)
گوهرفروش‎ (gowhar-foruš)
گوهرشناسی‎ (gowhar-šenâsi)

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