English

Proper noun

Gav

1. Short form of the male given name Gavin.

Anagrams

• avg., vag, VGA

Danish

Verb

gav

1. past tense of give

Kurdish

Noun

gav (m)

1. step

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ga

Verb

gav

1. simple past of gi

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gav

1. past tense of gje, gi, gjeva and gjeve

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːv/

Verb

gav

1. past tense of ge.
2. past tense of giva.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Armenian կավ ‎(kav, “clay”).

Noun

gav

1. (dialectal) clay soil

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• “gav”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982