Khalaj

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Adjective

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بوْش (bôş)

  1. Arabic spelling of bôş (empty)

Kohistani Shina

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Noun

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بوْش (bowš)

  1. temple, sanctuary

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *boĺ (free, empty).

Adjective

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بوش (boş)

  1. empty, unoccupied, free, vacant
    Antonym: طولو
  2. useless
  3. (of an animal) loose, untethered
  4. (of a woman) unmarried
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Descendants

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  • Gagauz: boş
  • Turkish: boş
  • Albanian: bosh
  • Arabic: بوش (bōš) (in the dialects of Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia)
  • Armenian: բոշ (boš)
  • English: bosh
  • Macedonian: бош (boš)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: бо̏ш
    Latin script: bȍš

References

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bawiš
Dari reading? bawiš
Iranian reading? baveš
Tajik reading? baviš

Noun

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بوش (baveš)

  1. godly ordeal, lot of fate, divine decree

Etymology 2

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From بودن (budan) +‎ ـش (-eš).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? buwiš
Dari reading? buwiš
Iranian reading? boveš
Tajik reading? buviš

Noun

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بوش (boveš)

  1. being, dasein, existence

References

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  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “بوش”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 277b
  • Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname[3] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 157b