क़ामूस

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قاموس (qāmūs), from Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós). It came to be used as a word for dictionary in arabic after a lexicon published named Al-qamus (see: w:Firuzabadi)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qɑː.muːs/, [qäː.muːs], /kɑː.muːs/, [käː.muːs]

Noun

क़ामूस • (qāmūs) m (Urdu spelling قاموس)

1. ocean
2. dictionary

   Synonyms: शब्दकोष (śabdakoṣ), लुग़ात (luġāt), मो'जम (mo'jam)

References

• “क़ामूस”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

• Platts, John T. (1884) “قاموس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قاموس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.