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  • GAUMĀTA

    Pierre Briant

    according to the Bīsotūn inscriptions, the Magian pretender who seized the Achaemenid throne by claiming to be Bardiya (Smerdis), the son of Cyrus the Great.

  • GĀV

    Cross-Reference

    See CATTLE.

  • GĀV-ZABĀN

    Hushang Aʿlam

    lit. ”ox-tongue” (in reference to the rough, tongue-shaped leaves of the plant); the popular designation for several medicinal species of the borage family (Boraginaceae).

  • GAVA

    Cross-Reference

    See SOGHDIA.

  • GĀVĀHAN

    Cross-Reference

    See PLOW.

  • ḠĀVĀL

    Jean During

    or daf; the most widespread percussion instrument in the Republic of Azerbaijan, played as much in artistic as in popular music and professional ensembles.

  • GAVAN

    Cross-Reference

    plant of the genus Astragalus. See TRAGACANTH (pending).

  • GĀVĀN GĪLĀNĪ

    Cross-Reference

    See MAḤMŪD GĪLĀNĪ.

  • GAVAZN

    Cross-Reference

    See RED DEER.

  • GĀVBAND

    Amir Ismail Ajami

    the owner of the oxen (gāv) in the traditional farming system of Persia.