gwhl

== Middle Persian == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Persian *gauθrā, borrowed from Old Median *gauθrā, from Proto-Iranian *gawθraH (“jewel”). Cognate with Northern Kurdish gewher, Bactrian γωνριγο (gōnrigo), Pashto غوره (ǧwëra). === Noun === gwhl • (gōhr, gōhar) substance, essence, nature Wizīdagīhā ī Zādspram, chapter 3, line 28 PWN 1000 ŠNT gwhl Y kwp BYN zmyk' YHBWNt YKOYMWNʾt pad hazār sāl gōhr ī kōf andar zamīg dād ēstād for a thousand years the substance of the mountains had been created in the earth. jewel stock, lineage ==== Derived terms ==== gwhlk' (gōhrag) gwhlkdʾnʾk' (gōhragdānāg) gwhlyk' (gōhrīg) ==== Descendants ==== Persian: گوهر (gawhar / gowhar) (see there for further descendants) → Aramaic: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: גוהר (guhar) → Old Georgian: გოვარი (govari), გუარი (guari) Georgian: გვარი (gvari) → Old Armenian: գոհար (gohar) (see there for further descendants)