قاموس

Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Noun

قاموس‎ • (qāmūs) m, plural قواميس‎ (qawāmīs)

1. ocean
2. dictionary, lexicon

Descendants

• Hausa: ƙamus
• Indonesian: kamus
• Kikuyu: kamusi
• Kurdish: qamûs
• Luhya: ekamusi
• Malay: kamus
• Meru: kamusi
• Ottoman Turkish: قاموس (kamus)

• Pashto: قاموس (qâmos)
• Persian: قاموس (qâmus)
• Somali: qaamuus
• Swahili: kamusi
• Tajik: қомус (qomus)
• Turkish: kamus
• Urdu: قاموس (qāmūs)
• Uyghur: قامۇس (qamus)

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قاموس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Noun

قاموس (kamus)

1. dictionary
2. ocean

Synonyms

• (dictionary): فرهنگ (ferheng)
• (ocean): عمان (ummân), اقیانوس (okyanus), بحر محیط (bahr-ı muhit)

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Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic قاموس (qāmūs)

Noun

قاموس • (qâmos), plural قاموسونه (qâmosona)

1. dictionary

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قاموس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɢɒːˈmuːs]

Dari	قاموس‍
Iranian Persian	قاموس‍
Tajik	‍қомус‍

Noun

قاموس • (qâmus)

1. dictionary
2. ocean

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Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic قاموس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Noun

قاموس • (qāmūs) m, Hindi spelling क़ामूस

1. dictionary
2. encyclopedia
3. ocean

See also

• شبدکوش (śabdkoś) m