گوش
Baluchi
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *gáwšah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas. Cognate with Persian گوش (gôš).
Noun
گوش • (goš)
Persian
Picture dictionary
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭱 (gʿš /gōš/), from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐏁 (g-u-š /gauša/, “ear”), from Proto-Iranian *gáwšah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰows- (“hear”).
Indo-Iranian cognates include: Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (gaoša), Baluchi گوش (goš), Northern Kurdish guh, Ossetian хъус (qus) / гъос (ǧos), Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa). Also compare Old Armenian գոյշ (goyš), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈɡoːʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡoːʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡ̥uːʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡɵʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | gōš |
| Dari reading? | gōš |
| Iranian reading? | guš |
| Tajik reading? | güš |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
گوش • (gōš / guš) (plural گوشها (gōš-hā / guš-hâ), Tajik spelling гӯш)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Gujarati: ગોશ (goś)
References
- Abajev, V. I. (1973), “qūs | ġos”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 316, 317
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971), “գոյշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 578b
- Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010), “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203
- Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2007), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 250