انوشه

Persian

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 Persian نوشین (nušin, “sweet”) and Persian نوشیدن (nušidan, “to drink”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.noː.ˈʃa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.noː.ʃǽ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.nuː.ʃé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.nɵ.ʃǽ]

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

Adjective

Dari	انوشه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	анӯша

انوشه • (anuše)

1. immortal

Proper noun

Dari	انوشه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Анӯша

انوشه • (anuše)

1. a male or female given name, Anousheh, 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