گوی

See also: کوی

Persian

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡoːj]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɡuː], [ ɡoːj]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɡʊːj]
 

Readings
Classical reading? gōy
Dari reading? gōy
Iranian reading? guy
Tajik reading? güy

Etymology 1

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).

Noun

گوی • (guy) (plural گوی‌ها (guy-hâ))

  1. ball
  2. sphere

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

Verb

گوی • (guy)

  1. present stem form of گفتن (goftan)
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