بوسہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بوسه (bōsa, “kiss”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /boː.sɑ(ː)/

Noun

بوسَہ • (bosa) m (Hindi spelling बोसा)

1. kiss

   Synonym: چمبن (cumban)

   میری محبوب مجھے بوسہ دو

   merī muhabūb, mujhe bosa do

   my lover, kiss me

   آپ کی بوسہ پری کے لمس کی طرح ہے

   āp kī bosa parī ke lamas kī tarah he

   your kiss is like a touch from a fairy

Derived terms

• بوسَہ زَن (bosa-zan, “kisser”)
• بُوْسَہ زَنِی (bosa-zanī, “kissing”)
• بوسَہ گاہ (bosa-gāh, “kissing-place”)
• بوسَہ بازی (bosa-bāzī, “kissing”, literally “kiss-game”)
• بوس و کَنار (bosa-o-kanār, “kissing and fondling; making love”)

Related terms

• بوس (bos)
• چومنا (cūmnā)

References

• “بوسہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بوسہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “بوسہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “بوسہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.