جثه

See also: جثہ, جثة, and خپه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جُثَّة (juṯṯa, corpse, body).

Noun

جثه • (cüsse) (definite accusative جثه‌یی (cüsseyi), plural جثث (cüses) or اجثاث (ecsâs))

  1. body, the physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism
    Synonyms: بدن (beden), تن (ten), جسم (cism), وجود (vücûd)
  2. corpse, cadaver, a dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal
    Synonyms: جنازه (cenâze), میت (meyt), نعش (naʼaş)
  3. build, physique, the natural constitution, or physical structure, of a living thing

Derived terms

  • جثه‌دار (cüssedar, material, corporeal)
  • جثه‌لی (cüsseli, corpulent, bulky)
  • عظیم الجثه (’azim el-cüsse, corpulent, bulky)

Descendants

  • Turkish: cüsse

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic جُثَّة (juṯṯa).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? jussa
Dari reading? jussa
Iranian reading? josse
Tajik reading? jussa

Noun

جثه • (jussa / josse) (plural جثه‌ها (jussa-hā / josse-hâ), Tajik spelling ҷусса)

  1. body size
    یک سگ با جثه بزرگ
    yek sag bâ josse-ye bozorg
    a dog with a large body size
  2. (dated) body
  3. (dated) corpse, carcass

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic جِثَّة (jiṯṯa).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? jissa
Dari reading? jissa
Iranian reading? jesse
Tajik reading? jissa

Noun

جثه • (jissa / jesse) (Tajik spelling ҷисса)

  1. misfortune