# گور
## Persian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gpl /⁠gabr⁠/), [script needed] (gwbl /⁠gabr⁠/, “hollow, cavity, womb”). Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (gbr /⁠gabr⁠/).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ɡoːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɡoːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɡoːɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ɡoːɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ɡʊːɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ɡ̥uːɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ɡɵɾ]

#### Noun

گور • (gur)
* grave, tomb
** 1100s, Rubaʿī attributed to Umar Khayyām:بهرام که گور می‌گرفتی همه عمر دیدی که چگونه گور بهرام گرفت؟bahrām ki gōr mē-giriftē hama umr dīdī ki čigōna gōr bahrām girift?Bahrām [V], who hunted down onagers all his life; Have you seen how the grave has hunted down Bahrām?(Classical Persian transliteration)
* desert

##### Derived terms

* گورستان (gurestân)
* گورکن (gurkan)

##### Descendants

* → Armenian: գյոռ (gyoṙ, “Muslim grave”)
* → Azerbaijani: gor
* → Bashkir: гүр (gür)
* → Gujarati: ગોર (gor)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: गोर (gor)
    Urdu: گور (gor)
* → Kazakh: көр (kör)
* → Kyrgyz: көр (kör)
* → Kumyk: кёр (kör)
* → Northern Luri: قۋر (qür)
* → Ottoman Turkish: گور (gûr)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਗੋਰ (gor)
    Shahmukhi script: گور (gor)
* Pashto: ګور (gor)
* → Tatar: гүр (gür)
* → Turkmen: gör
* → Uyghur: گور (gor)
* → Uzbek: goʻr

#### References

* MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gabr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

### Etymology 2

From Middle Persian gwl (gōr, “onager, wild ass”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ɡoːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɡoːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɡoːɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ɡoːɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ɡʊːɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ɡ̥uːɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ɡɵɾ]

#### Noun

گور • (gur)
* wild ass, onager
** 1100s, Rubaʿī attributed to Umar Khayyām:بهرام که گور می‌گرفتی همه عمر دیدی که چگونه گور بهرام گرفت؟bahrām ki gōr mē-giriftē hama umr dīdī ki čigōna gōr bahrām girift?Bahrām [V], who hunted down onagers all his life; Have you seen how the grave has hunted down Bahrām?(Classical Persian transliteration)
* (archaic) zebra
    Synonym: گورخر (gurxar)

#### References

* MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gōr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ɡawɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɡäwɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɡäwɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ɡäwɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ɡäwɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ɡ̥owɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ɡäwɾ]

#### Noun

گور • (gowr)
* Alternative form of گبر

#### References

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

## Urdu
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian گور (gōr).

#### Noun

گور • (gor) f (Hindi spelling गोर)
* grave
* tomb

##### Related terms

* گورخر (gorxar)
* گورستان (goristān, “cemetery, graveyard”)
* درگور (dargor, “get lost!, be away!, in the grave, entombed, may you lie in the grave!, may you die!”)
* زندہ درگور (zinda-dargor, “halfdead, having a foot in the grave, leading an unhappy life, living in agony”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit गौर (gaura).

#### Noun

گور • (gaur) m (Hindi spelling गौर)
* gaur (Bos gaurus)

### Etymology 3

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit गौरि (gauri), variant of गौरी (gaurī).

#### Proper noun

گور • (gaur) f (Hindi spelling गौर)
* (Hinduism) Parvati

##### Synonyms

* پاروتی (pārvatī)