Given name · Persian
گوهر
“substance, essence; jewel”
گوهر (gawhar) is a feminine given name from Middle Persian, meaning “substance, essence; jewel.” It is used in Persian.
PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Gowhar.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Middle Persian gwhl (“substance, essence; jewel”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
گوهر’s family of names
In Persian usage, گوهر shares a linguistic root with the Armenian form Գոհար. In Persian usage, گوهر can be written in the Roman alphabet as GAWHAR. In Persian usage, گوهر can be written in the Roman alphabet as GOWHAR.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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