گلو

See also: کلو and كلو

Baluchi

Noun

گلو • (galo)

1. door

Persian

Alternative forms

• گلون (gulūn) (Dari, colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (glwk' /⁠galōg⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”). Cognate with Latin gula (“throat”) and Sanskrit गल (gala, “throat, neck”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡu.loː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.loː], [ɡʊ.luː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.loː], [ɡʊ.luː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.luːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡu.lʊː], [ɡu.lu]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæ.luː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæ.luː]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ɡʲe.luː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡu.lɵ]

Readings
Classical reading?	gulō
Dari reading?	gulō, gulū
Iranian reading?	galu
Tajik reading?	gulü

Noun

Dari	گلو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гулӯ

گلو • (galu)

1. throat
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 132:

     می‌خواستم که با تو تکلم کنم هوس
     کردی تبسم و نفسم در گلو گرفت

     mē-xwāstam ki bā tō takallum kunam hawas
     kardī tabassum u nafasam dar gulō girift

     I wished to communicate my desire to you;
     You smiled, and my breath was stuck in my throat.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “گلو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گلو (gulō). Cognate with Sanskrit गल (gala, “throat, neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊ.loː/, /ɡʊ.luː/, /ɡə.luː/

Noun

گلو • (gulo, gulū, galū) f (Hindi spelling गुलो)

1. neck, throat
2. gullet, windpipe
3. voice

Synonyms

• گلا (galā)

Derived terms

• گلوکار (gulokār, gulūkār)