Azeri

Noun

گون ‎(gün) ‎(definite accusative گونو ‎(günü), plural گونلر ‎(günlər))

1. day

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

گون • ‎(gün)

1. day
2. sun

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian gwn' ‎(gōn, “colour, complexion”). Akin to Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 ‎(gaona, “colour”), Pashto غونه ‎(γūna, “colour”), Ossetian хъуын ‎(qwyn, “hair”), Kurdish gûn ‎(“colour”), Khotanese ggūna- ‎(“colour”). Old Armenian գոյն ‎(goyn) is an Iranian borrowing. Compare Sanskrit गुण ‎(guṇa, “thread, cord”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian, Dari, Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡuːn/

Noun

گون • ‎(gun)

1. colour
2. species
3. form, kind, mode, manner, fashion

Derived terms

• گونه ‎(gune)
• گوناگون ‎(gunâgun)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “gōn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “گون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul