آهو

آهو

Pashto

Noun

آهو • (āhu) m

1. antelope
2. wild goat
3. (poetic) gazelle

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Persian

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɑːhuː/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɒːhuː/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɔhu/

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/āhūg/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱus (“sharp, swift”). Cognates with Northern Kurdish ask and Baluchi آسک‎ (ásk).

Noun

Dari	آهو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	оҳу (ohu)

آهو • (âhu) (plural آهوان‎ (âhovân) or آهوها‎ (âhuhâ))

1. gazelle

   Synonym: غزال‎ (ğazâl)

2. (less common) deer

   Synonym: گوزن‎ (gavazn)

Derived terms

• آهوبره‎ (âhu-barre, “fawn”), آهوانه‎ (âhuâne)

Proper noun

آهو • (âhu)

1. a female given name, Ahu, from Middle Persian

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

آهو • (âhu)

1. (archaic) defect, imperfection
   • 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh

     ‏دو گوش و دو پای من آهو گرفت / تهی‌دستی و سال نیرو گرفت‎

     do guš o do pâye man âhu gereft / tohidasti yo sâl niru gereft

     My both ears and legs (my body) have grown faulty / and destitution and the old age emerged instead!

Descendants

• → Gilaki: [script needed] (åhú)
• → Kermanic:

  Gazi: [script needed] (åhū)

  Kafroni: [script needed] (åvī́)

  Kesehi: [script needed] (ā̊hṻ)

  Natanzi: [script needed] (åvī́)

  Qohrudi: [script needed] (åhū́)

  Vonishuni: [script needed] (åhū́)

  Sedehi: [script needed] (åhū́)

  Zefrehi: [script needed] (åhṻ)

• → Lasgerdi: [script needed] (āhú)
• → Ormuri: [script needed] (āū)
• → Parachi: āhū́
• → Sarikoli: [script needed] (āhu)
• → Semnani: āhú
• → Shahmirzadi: [script needed] (ā̊hū̆)
• → Sivandi: [script needed] (āhū)
• → Sorkhei: [script needed] (ahü)
• → Turkish: Ahu
• → English: ahu

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “آهو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “آهو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 7
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 15