خاموش

See also: جاموس‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (xâmuš, “silent”).

Adjective

خاموش • (hamuş)

quiet, silent, free of sound or noise
Synonym: صوص‎ (sus)
silent, mute, taciturn, not speaking
(of fire or light) extinguished, put out
(of tears) dried up, stanched, ceased
(of a beast) quiet, tractable, docile

Derived terms

خاموشان‎ (hamuşan, “cemetery”)
خاموشلق‎ (hamuşluk, “silence”)
خاموشی‎ (hamuşî, “silence”)

Descendants

Turkish: hamuş

Interjection

خاموش • (hamuş)

quiet, be still
Synonym: صوص‎ (sus)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “hamuş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1862
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “خاموش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 529
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Silere”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1555
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “خاموش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1846
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “خاموش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 826

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian hʾmwš (xāmōš, “silent”). Compare also Old Armenian համր (hamr).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /xɑːˈmoːʃ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /xɒːˈmuːʃ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /xɔˈmɵʃ/

Adjective

خَاموش • (xâmuš) (comparative خَاموش‌تَر‎ (xâmuš-tar), superlative خَاموش‌تَرین‎ (xâmuš-tarin))

Descendants

→ Armenian: խամուշ (xamuš)
→ Azerbaijani: xamuş
→ Bengali: খামোশ (khamōś)
→ Georgian: ხამუში (xamuši), ხამუშ-ხამუშ (xamuš-xamuš)
→ Gujarati: ખામોશ (khāmoś)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ख़ामोश (xāmoś)

Urdu: خاموش‎ (xāmoś)
→ Ottoman Turkish: خاموش‎ (hamuş)
- Turkish: hamuş
→ Punjabi: khāmoś
Gurmukhi: ਖਮੋਸ਼ (khāmoś)

Shahmukhi: خاموش‎ (xāmoś)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (xâmôš).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑː.moːʃ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /xɑː.moːʃ/

Adjective

خاموش • (xāmoś) (Hindi spelling ख़ामोश)

quiet
silent

Related terms

خاموشی‎ (xāmośī, “silence”)

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