قشون

Persian

Alternative forms

• قوشون (qôšun)

Etymology

From Turkic. Compare Turkish koşun, Azerbaijani qoşun, Uyghur قوشۇن (qoshun), Turkmen goşun, Uzbek qo‘shin, Kazakh қосын (qosyn), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qu.ʃuːn], [qoː.ʃuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qʊ.ʃuːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qʊ.ʃuːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qʊ.ʃuːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qu.ʃun]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qo.ʃuːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɵ.ʃun]

Readings
Classical reading?	qušūn, qōšūn
Dari reading?	qušūn
Iranian reading?	ğošun
Tajik reading?	qüšun

Noun

Dari	قشون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қӯшун

قشون • (qošun)

1. (dated) army
2. (dated) troop

Synonyms

• لشکر (laškar)