انوشه

Persian

Alternative forms

نوشه (nōša / nuše)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭱𐭪𐭩 (ʾnʿšky /⁠anōšag⁠/, “immortal”), from 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭱 (ʾnʿš /⁠anōš⁠/) + 𐭪𐭩 (ky /⁠-ag⁠/), from Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠*anauša-⁠/, “immortal”), from Proto-Iranian *an-awša- (“immortal”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (anaoša, “immortal”), Ossetian ӕнус (ænus), and the Old Armenian borrowing անուշակ (anušak). Compare نوشین (nōšīn / nušin, “sweet”) and نوشیدن (nōšīdan / nušidan, “to drink”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔa.noː.ˈʃa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.noː.ʃá]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.noː.ʃá]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.nʊː.ʃá]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.nuː.ʃé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.nɵ.ʃá]

Readings
Classical reading^?	anōša
Dari reading^?	anōša
Iranian reading^?	anuše
Tajik reading^?	anüša

Adjective

انوشه • (anōša / anuše) (Tajik spelling анӯша)

immortal

Derived terms

انوشگی (anōšagī / anušegi)
انوشیروان (anōšērwān / anuširvân)

Proper noun

انوشه • (anōša / anuše) (Tajik spelling Анӯша)

a male or female given name, Anousheh, Anosha, Anooshe, or Anoosheh, from Middle Persian

References

Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “ʾnwšg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols