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calf
  ۱) گوگ، گوساله؛ ۲) پویز  
1) gug (#), gusâlé (#); 2) poviz
Fr.: 1) veau; 2) mollet  

  1. Young of a bovine animal. See also → calve, → glacier calving.

    1. The fleshy part of a person’s → leg below the → knee.

Etymology (EN): M.E., from O.E. cealf, calf, cognate with M.Du. calf, Ger. Kalb, Gothic kalbo.

Etymology (PE): 1) Gug (Dehxodâ), variant gog “calf;” probably from Proto-Ir. *gao-ka “baby cow, little caow,” from *gao- “cow, bull,” → cow, + suffix -*ak.
Gusâlé, literally “young in years,” from gu, → cow, + sâl, → year.

  1. Poviz, from Laki poviz “calf,” may be ultimately from *povik, from *pov variant of pâ “leg, → foot” + suffix-ik, → -ics; cf. Ilâmi, Nahâvandi piz “the leg calf.”