انوشه

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭱𐭪𐭩‎ (ʾnʿšky /anōšag/, “immortal”), from 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭱‎ (ʾnʿš /anōš/) + 𐭪𐭩‎ (ky /-ag/), from Old Persian [Term?] (/*anauša-/, “immortal”), from Proto-Iranian *an-awša- (“immortal”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀‎ (anaoša, “immortal”), Ossetian ӕнус (ænus), and the Old Armenian borrowing անուշակ (anušak). Compare Persian نوشین‎ (nušin, “sweet”) and Persian نوشیدن‎ (nušidan, “to drink”).

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔanoːˈʃa], [anoːˈʃa]
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔænuːˈʃe], [ænuːˈʃe]

انوشه • (anuše)

1. immortal

انوشه • (anuše)

1. a male or female given name, Anousheh, Anooshe, or Anoosheh, from Middle Persian

• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “ʾnwšg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols