کوس

See also: گوش, كوش, and كوس

Malay

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• برکوس
• ڤڠکوسن

References

• “کوس” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 1159.

Further reading

• “کوس” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Pashto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwəs/
• (Jalalabad) IPA^(key): /kwəs/

Noun

کوس • (kwës) m

1. vagina
2. vulva

Further reading

• Pashto-French Dictionary, Dr. M. Akbar Wardag
• Raverty, H. G. (1867) “کوس”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• کوست (kôst)

Noun

کوس • (kôs)

1. Kus, a large ancient Persian drum akin to a timpani.

Descendants

• → Arabic: كُوس (kūs)
• → Middle Armenian: գոս (gos), քօզ (kʻōz)
  • → Armenian: գոս (gos)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كوس (küs)
  • Turkish: kös

References

• 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

Noun

کوس • (kos)

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

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Κῶς (Kôs).

Alternative forms

• کس (kos)

Proper noun

کوس • (kôs)

1. Kos or Cos (Greek island of the Dodecanese)

   جزیره کوس ― Kos Island