See also: کوس and كوش

Baluchi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *gáwšah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas. Cognate with Persian گوش (gôš).

Noun edit

گوش (goš)

  1. ear

Persian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭱 (gʿš /⁠gōš⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐏁 (g-u-š /⁠gauša⁠/, ear), from Proto-Iranian *gáwšah (compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (gaoša), Baluchi گوش (goš), Northern Kurdish guh, Ossetian хъус (qus) / гъос (ǧos), Old Armenian loanword գոյշ (goyš)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas (compare Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa)),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʰows- (hear).[2]

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? gōš
Dari reading? gōš
Iranian reading? guš
Tajik reading? güš
  • (file)

Noun edit

Dari گوش
Iranian Persian
Tajik гӯш

گوش (guš) (plural گوش‌ها (guš-hâ))

  1. ear

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Gujarati: ગોશ (goś)

References edit

  • Abajev, V. I. (1973), “qūs | ġos”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 316, 317
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գոյշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 578b
  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 250
  2. ^ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010), “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203