گوی

See also: کوی

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡoːj]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoːj]

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

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uːj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uːj]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uː(j)]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɵj]

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

Etymology 2

Verb

گوی • (guy)

1. present stem form of گفتن (goftan)