گاه

گاه

See also: کاه‎

Persian

Alternative forms

• گه‎ (gah)

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gʾs), 𐫃𐫀𐫍‎ (gʾh /gāh/, “place, throne, bed; time”), compare Northern Kurdish -geh, Lurish گێ‎ (gı, “shift, time”) and Old Armenian գահ (gah), which is an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɒːh/

Noun

گاه • (gâh)

1. time

   Synonyms: وقت‎ (vaqt), زمان‎ (zamân)

2. place

   Synonyms: جا‎ (jâ), مکان‎ (makân)

3. (rare) throne

   Synonym: تخت‎ (taxt)

Derived terms

• گاهی‎ (gâhi)
• گهگاه‎ (gahgâh)
• گهگدار‎ (gahgodâr)

Descendants

• → Northern Kurdish: geh

Suffix

ـگاه • (-gâh)

1. A suffix forming words of location.

Related terms

• درگاه‎ (dargâh)

Descendants

→ Urdu: گاہ‎ (gāh)

See also

Persian terms suffixed with گاه

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Persian gʾs (gāh, “Gatha; hymn, song”), from Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁‎ (gāθā, “Gatha; song”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gaHtʰás (“song”) from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾eH-tHó-s, from the root Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾eH- (“to sing, cry”).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːh/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡɒːh/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɡɔh/

Noun

گاه • (gâh)

1. hymn, song
2. Gatha, the most archaic segment of the Avesta, composed by Zoroaster himself

Derived terms

• سه‌گاه‎ (se-gâh)
• دستگاه‎ (dast-gâh, “dastgah”)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “گاه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “gāh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 34