From earlier گگف, from Old Tefrian kkkp /kakkap/, from a semitic language. Compare Arabic كوكب (kawkab), Ge'ez ኮከብ (kokäb), and Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩨𐩫𐩨 (kbkb).
گیف (gīf) anim (plural گیفڔ (gīfeṛ))