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

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Further reading

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

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 (kʿōz)

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, issue 3, page 515
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 64a

Noun

کوس • (kos)

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

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Κῶς (Kôs).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

کوس • (kôs)

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