ܓܰܘܢܳܐ gwnʾ gawnā colour, kind, remedy
Derivatives: ܡܓܲܘܢܵܐ mgwnʾ mgawnā coloured; ܓܲܘܢܹܢ gwnn gawnen to colour; Etpa. to be coloured
OIr. *gauna-; Av. gaona- hair, coat, hair or coat colour (Hinz 1975, 104; Gershevitch 1969b, 198; Szemerényi 1980b); MP gōn [gwn'] colour, complexion (CPD 37; Nyberg 83); NP gūn "species, form, kind", but "colour" in compounds as gul-gūn rose-coloured (Steingass 1105). This term appears as a suffixoid in some loanwords from Iranian: see § 9.3.2 ● gwnʾ colour asd 108, 14; ES 1, 118C; Jul 116, 16; Gal ZDMG 39, 280, 19; IA 2, 206, 38; kind (of food) Bh chr 157, 26; remedy SAL 1, 89, 8; mgwnʾ Jšdd Act. cod. Berl. 173b; Bh chr 240pu; gwnn Gr 97, 7; past part. Bh ad Gn 30, 88; Etpa. Duv B 2, 43 u; met. SAL 2, 427, 17 ◆ LS 109a–b; Lagarde GA 26, 60; Nöldeke 1898 §§ 74 and 98