آهو

Pashto

Noun

آهو • (āhu) m

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

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.huː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɦuː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɦuː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.wuː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.wu]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ɦuː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ɦu]

Readings
Classical reading?	āhū
Dari reading?	āhū
Iranian reading?	âhu
Tajik reading?	ohu

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

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)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: આહૂ (āhū)

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)
• → Gujarati: આહૂ (āhū)
• → 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)

• → Urdu: آہو (āhū)
• → 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