Middle Persian

Noun

gwhl • ‎(gōhr, gōhar)

1. 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.

2. jewel
3. stock, lineage

Derived terms

• gwhlk' ‎(gōhrag)
• gwhlkdʾnʾk' ‎(gōhragdānāg)
• gwhlyk' ‎(gōhrīg)

Descendants

• Persian: گوهر ‎(gauhar)
  • → Arabic: جوهر ‎(jauhar), جوهرة ‎(jauhara), pl جواهر ‎(jawāhir)
    • Maltese: ġawhra
    • → Chechen: жовхӏар ‎(žowhar)
    • → Indonesian: jauhar
    • → Malay: Johor
    • → Middle Armenian: ջոհար ‎(ǰohar)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: جوهر ‎(cevher), pl جواهر ‎(cevahir)
      • Turkish: cevher, pl cevehir
      • → Greek: τζοβαΐρι ‎(tzovaḯri)
      • → Serbo-Croatian: džèvēr/џѐве̄р, dževáhir/џева́хир
    • → Persian: جوهر ‎(jauhar), pl جواهر ‎(javâher)
  • → Turkmen: göwher
• → Aramaic:
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: גוהר ‎(guhar)
  • Mandaic Aramaic: ࡂࡅࡄࡀࡓ ‎(guhar)
• → Georgian: გოარი ‎(goari)
• → Old Armenian: գոհար ‎(gohar)