گیسو

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡeː.soː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡeː.soː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡeː.soː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡeː.soː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡeː.sʊː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲiː.suː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡe.sɵ]

Readings
Classical reading?	gēsō
Dari reading?	gēsō
Iranian reading?	gisu
Tajik reading?	gesü

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Noun

Dari	گیسو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гесӯ

گیسو • (gêsu) (plural گیسوان (gêsuân) or گیسوها (gêsu-hâ))

1. Alternative form of گیس

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گیسو (gēsō, gēsū).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡeː.suː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Hyphenation: گی‧سُو

Noun

گیسُو • (gesū) m (Hindi spelling गेसू)

1. tresses

Declension

Declension of گیسو

	singular	plural
direct	گیسُو (gesū)	گیسُو (gesū)
oblique	گیسُو (gesū)	گیسُووں (gesūõ)
vocative	گیسُو (gesū)	گیسُوو (gesūo)

Further reading

• “گیسو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گیسو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “گسو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “گسو”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• Platts, John T. (1884) “گيسو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “گیسو”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.