گرگ

from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- (“to grab, seize”). Cognates include Persian گرفتن‎ (gereftan), Central Kurdish گرتن‎ (girtin), Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti, “he seizes”).

گرگ • (girag)

1. to grab
2. to grip
3. to take
4. to get
5. to catch
6. to hold
7. to seize
8. to receive

From Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢‎ (gʿlg /gurg/, “wolf”)[[Category:|گرگ]], from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (v-r-k /varka-/), from Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀‎ (vəhrka), Sogdian [script needed] (wyrk- /wərk/), Baluchi گرک‎ (gurk), Mazanderani ورگ‎ (verg), Northern Kurdish gur, gurg, Ossetian бирӕгъ (biræǧ)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas (“wolf”) (compare Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka)), from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (compare English wolf).

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

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ɡʊɾɡ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɡoɾɡ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /ɡuɾɡ/

گرگ • (gorg) (plural گرگ‌ها‎ (gorg-hâ) or گرگان‎ (gorgân))

1. a wolf
2. (figurative) a social or sexual predator

   ‏اون بیرون پر گرگه!‎‎ ― un birun por-e gorg-e! ― There are lots of predators out there!

• گرگان‎ (gorgân)
• گرجستان‎ (gorjestân)

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “گرگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press