گره

See also: کره, گڑھ, كره, كرة, گرہ, and ك ر ه

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *graθH- (“to tie (a knot)”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *grantH- (“to tie (a knot)”), and cognate with Sanskrit ग्रन्थ् (granth, “to tie (a knot)”), with further origin uncertain. The traditional derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gre(n)tH- (“to tie”) (itself a hypothetical extension of Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to twist”)) would make the root cognate with Proto-Germanic *kradô (“wicker basket”), whence English cradle; however, this is not certain, as the Germanic word could very well be of substrate origin instead.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡi.ˈɾih]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɪ.ɾɪ́ʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɪ.ɾɪ́ʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡɪ.ɾɪ́]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡi.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲe.ɹéʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡi.ɾéʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	girih
Dari reading?	gireh
Iranian reading?	gereh
Tajik reading?	gireh

Noun

گره • (gereh)

1. knot
2. tie

Derived terms

• گره زدن (gereh zadan)
• گره چینی (gereh čini)
• گره سازی (gereh sâzi)
• گره‌گشا (gereh-goša, “resolver of difficulties”)
• سالگرہ (sālgirah)

References

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 122-3
• Müller, Friedrich (1894) “Pahlawi und neupersische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 8, page 189
• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 286
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University