કૂશ

Gujarati

કૂશ (kūś, “hawk”)

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Chagatai قوش (quş) or may have been directly borrowed from Classical Persian قوش (qūš), or at least borrowed semantically.

Both ultimately from Common Turkic *kuš (“bird”), traced further back to Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (“bird”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʃ/
• Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

કૂશ • (kūś)

1. bird

   Synonyms: પંખી (paṅkhī), પક્ષી (pakṣī)

2. hawk

   Synonym: બાજ (bāj)

Derived terms

• કૂશખાના (kūśkhānā)