گاومیش

Persian
یک گاومیش

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian TWRAmyš (gāw-mēš, literally “cow-sheep”); compare Persian گاو‎ (gâv, “cow”) and میش‎ (mêš, “ewe”) for the constituents. Old Armenian գոմէշ (gomēš), Classical Syriac ܓܡܘܫܐ‎ (gāmōšā) and Old Georgian კამბეჩი (ḳambeči) are borrowed from Middle Iranian.

Pronunciation
  • (Dari): IPA(key): /ɡɒːwmeːʃ/

Noun

گاومیش • (gâvmêš) (plural گاومیشان‎ (gâvmêšân) or گاومیش‌ها‎ (gâvmêš-hâ))

  1. buffalo

Inflection
    Basic forms of گاومیش (gâvmêš)
singular plural
bare گاومیش
(gâvmêš)		 گاومیشان
(gâvmêšấn)
گاومیشا △
(gâvmêšấ)
definitive direct object گاومیش را
(gâvmêš râ)
گاومیش رو △
(gâvmêšo)		 گاومیشان را
(gâvmêšấn râ)
گاومیشا رو △
(gâvmêšấ ro)
ezâfe گاومیش
(gâvmêš-e)		 گاومیشان
(gâvmêšấn-e)
گاومیشای △
(gâvmêšấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite		 گاومیشی
(gâvmêš-i)		 گاومیشانی
(gâvmêšấn-i)
گاومیشایی △
(gâvmêšấi)
△ Colloquial.

Synonyms
  • بوفالو‎ (bufâlo)

Descendants
  • → Arabic: جاموس‎ (jāmūs)
    • Hijazi Arabic: جاموس‎ (jāmūs)
    • Maltese: gemus
    • Moroccan Arabic: جاموس‎ (gāmūs)
    • → Azerbaijani: camış
    • → Ge'ez: ጋሙስ (gamus)
    • → Italian: Giammusso
    • → Ottoman Turkish: جاموس‎
      Turkish: camız, camış
  • → Old Georgian: გამეში (gameši)
  • → Chechen: гомаш (gomaš)

References
  • Абаев, В. И. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 618
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գոմէշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 575b
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 137
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 886, page 198
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 36
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