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کوس

See also: گوش, كوش, and كوس

Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch kost, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French cost, from Latin constare, present infinitive of consto (“I stand firm (at a price)”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kos]
  • Hyphenation: کوس
  • Rhymes: -os

Noun edit

کوس (Rumi spelling kos, plural کوس-کوس or کوس۲, informal 1st possessive کوسکو, 2nd possessive کوسمو, 3rd possessive کوسڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of kos

Derived terms edit

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

References edit

Further reading edit

Pashto edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kuḱis (“(female) pubic hair; vulva”). Cognate to Persian کس (kos); related also to Hindi कोख (kokh).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

کوس • (kwës) m

  1. vagina
  2. vulva

Further reading edit

Persian edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (kws, “drum”), Khotanese kūsa- (“vessel; drum”), etc.

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

کوس • (kôs)

  1. Kus, a large ancient Persian drum akin to a timpani.
Descendants edit
  • → Arabic: كُوس (kūs)
  • → Middle Armenian: գոս (gos), քօզ (kʻōz)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كوس (küs)

References edit

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کوس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Bailey, H. W. (1934) “Iranica (II)”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society‎[1], number 3, page 515
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 64a

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

کوس • (kos)

  1. (vulgar, slang) Alternative form of کس (kos)

Etymology 3 edit

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Κῶς (Kôs).

Alternative forms edit

Proper noun edit

کوس • (kôs)

  1. Kos or Cos (Greek island of the Dodecanese)
    جزیره کوس ― Kos Island
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