گروه

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (glwh’ /grōh/, “group, crowd”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡuɾoːh/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡʊɾoːh/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡoɾuːh/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɡuɾɵh/

Noun

Iranian Persian	گروه
Dari	گروه
Tajik	гурӯҳ (gurüh)

گروه • (goruh) (plural گروه‌ها‎ (goruh-hâ) or گروهان‎ (goruhân))

group (of countries, people, etc.)
‏‎ ― goruh-e panj be alâve-ye yek ― P5+1
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 2752:
  ‏ما نه زان پیلان گولیم ای گروه / که اضطراب ماه آردمان شکوه‎
  mâ na z-ân pīlân-i gōl-īm ay gurōh / ki iztirâb-i mâh âradmân šikōh
  O company [of prophets], we are not [to be reckoned] among those stupid elephants who are terrified by the disturbance of the Moon.

Derived terms

گروهی‎ (goruhi)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: गिरोह (giroh)

Urdu: گروہ‎ (giroh)
→ Ottoman Turkish: كروه‎
- Turkish: güruh
→ Pashto: ګروه‎ (groh)

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