هوش

See also: هوس‎ and هَوُسَ‎

Ottoman Turkish

هوش

Etymology 1

From Persian هوش‎ (huš), a variant of توسکا‎ (tuskâ, “birch”), which probably derives from a Mongolic source; compare modern Mongolian хус (xus, “birch”).

Noun

هوش or هوش • (hoş or huş)

  1. birch, any of various trees in the genus Betula
Descendants
  • Turkish: huş

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian هوش‎ (huš, “intellect”).

Noun

هوش • (huş)

  1. reason, common sense, consciousness
    Synonyms: ادراك‎ (idrak), اوص‎ (us), شعور‎ (şuûr), عقل‎ (akl)
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 3

From Arabic هَوْش‎ (hawš).

Noun

هوش • (hevş)

  1. multitude, myriad, a great amount of something

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭱 (ōš), from Proto-Iranian *HušíH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws. Compare Northern Kurdish hiş.

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /hoːʃ/

Noun

هوش • (huš)

Dari هوش
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳӯш (hüš)
  1. intellect
  2. intelligence
  3. understanding
Derived terms

Noun

هوش • (huš)

  1. Alternative form of توسکا‎ (tuskâ)
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