قوس و قزح

Persian

قوس و قزح

Etymology

Mistaken form of earlier قوس قزح (qows-e qazah), from Arabic قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ, literally “bow of the pre-Islamic Arab god Quzah”). It is not clear why the vowel shifted from /e/ to /o/.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qów.so qæ.zǽʱ]

Readings
Iranian reading?	ğowso ğazah

Noun

قوس و قزح • (qows o qazah)

1. rainbow

   Synonym: رنگین کمان (rangin-kamân)