گوی

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /ɡuːj/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ɡuːj/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɡuːj/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /ɡɵːj/
• (Kabuli, Tehrani) IPA^(key): /ɡ(uː)/

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwd /gōy/, “ball”). Cognate with Sanskrit गोल (gola), Persian گلوله‎ (golule, “pellet; bullet”), Northern Luri گولٛاْ‎ (goła, “pellet”), Central Kurdish گولە‎ (gule) and گۆ‎ (go, “ball”), Northern Kurdish gog (“ball”), Zazaki gudi (“ball; round”) and an Iranian loanword in Classical Syriac ܓܘܝܐ‎ (gōyāʾ).

گوی • (guy) (plural گوی‌ها‎ (guy-hâ))

1. ball
2. sphere

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “gōy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 37

گوی • (gôy)

1. present stem form of گفتن‎