Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
و ح ش (w ḥ š)
4 terms

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَوْحَشَ (ʔawḥaša).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مُوحِش (mūḥiš) (feminine مُوحِشَة (mūḥiša), masculine plural مُوحِشُونَ (mūḥišūna), feminine plural مُوحِشَات (mūḥišāt))

  1. dreary; gloomy; desolate
    هَٰذَا الْمَكَانُ مُوحِشٌ وَمُخِيفٌ، مَا ٱسْمُهُ؟
    hāḏā l-makānu mūḥišun wamuḵīfun, mā smuhu?
    This place is gloomy and frightening, what is it called?

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “و ح ش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُوحِش (mūḥiš).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mūhiš
Dari reading? mūhiš
Iranian reading? muheš
Tajik reading? muhiš

Adjective

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موحش (muheš)

  1. dreadful