آغوش

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ’gwš’ (āgōš, “embrace”). Compare Mazanderani کشه‎ (kaše), Sogdian [script needed] (qwš(y) /kōš, kuši, kuše/).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɑːɣoːʃ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɑːɣoːʃ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɒːɢuːʃ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɔɣɵʃ/

Noun

Iranian Persian	آغوش
Dari	آغوش
Tajik	оғӯш (oġüš)

آغوش • (âğuš)

embrace; arms
armful

Derived terms

دَر آغوش گِرِفتَن‎ (dar âğuš gereftan)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: ağuş
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: आग़ोश (āġoś)

Urdu: آغوش‎ (āġoś)
→ Turkish: aguş

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (āğōš), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾkwš /āgōš/, “embrace”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɣoːʃ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɣoːʃ/
Rhymes: -oːʃ

Noun

آغوش • (āġoś) f (Hindi spelling आग़ोश)

embrace
Synonym: (rare) آلِنگَن‎ (āliṅgan)

Further reading

“آغوش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“آغُوش”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “آغوش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Platts, John T. (1884), “آغوش”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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