قاموس

Arabic

FWOTD – 26 October 2017

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós). Sense 1 stems from the title of Fayrūzābādiyy’s one which became popular.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qaː.muːs/

Noun

قَامُوس • (qāmūs) m (plural قَوَامِيس‎ (qawāmīs))

dictionary, lexicon
Synonym: مُعْجَم‎ (muʕjam)

‏قَامُوسٌ جَيْبِيٌّ‎ ― qāmūsun jaybiyyun ― pocket dictionary
- 2014 August 30, “جديد أكسفورد قاموس رائد”, in Al-Akhbar‎:
  ‏يَضُمُّ ٱلْقَامُوسُ ٱلْجَدِيدُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ 130 أَلْفَ كَلِمَةٍ وَعِبَارَةٍ‎
  yaḍummu l-qāmūsu l-jadīdu ʔakṯara min 130 ʔalfa kalimatin waʕibāratin
  The new dictionary covers more than 130 thousand words and expressions
(obsolete) ocean
Synonyms: مُحِيط‎ (muḥīṭ), خِضَمّ‎ (ḵiḍamm)

Declension

Declension of noun قَامُوس (qāmūs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَامُوس qāmūs	الْقَامُوس‎ al-qāmūs	قَامُوس qāmūs
Nominative	قَامُوسٌ qāmūsun	الْقَامُوسُ‎ al-qāmūsu	قَامُوسُ qāmūsu
Accusative	قَامُوسًا‎ qāmūsan	الْقَامُوسَ‎ al-qāmūsa	قَامُوسَ qāmūsa
Genitive	قَامُوسٍ qāmūsin	الْقَامُوسِ‎ al-qāmūsi	قَامُوسِ qāmūsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَامُوسَيْن‎ qāmūsayn	الْقَامُوسَيْن‎ al-qāmūsayn	قَامُوسَيْ‎ qāmūsay
Nominative	قَامُوسَانِ‎ qāmūsāni	الْقَامُوسَانِ‎ al-qāmūsāni	قَامُوسَا‎ qāmūsā
Accusative	قَامُوسَيْنِ‎ qāmūsayni	الْقَامُوسَيْنِ‎ al-qāmūsayni	قَامُوسَيْ‎ qāmūsay
Genitive	قَامُوسَيْنِ‎ qāmūsayni	الْقَامُوسَيْنِ‎ al-qāmūsayni	قَامُوسَيْ‎ qāmūsay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوَامِيس‎ qawāmīs	الْقَوَامِيس‎ al-qawāmīs	قَوَامِيس‎ qawāmīs
Nominative	قَوَامِيسُ‎ qawāmīsu	الْقَوَامِيسُ‎ al-qawāmīsu	قَوَامِيسُ‎ qawāmīsu
Accusative	قَوَامِيسَ‎ qawāmīsa	الْقَوَامِيسَ‎ al-qawāmīsa	قَوَامِيسَ‎ qawāmīsa
Genitive	قَوَامِيسَ‎ qawāmīsa	الْقَوَامِيسِ‎ al-qawāmīsi	قَوَامِيسِ‎ qawāmīsi

Descendants

→ Hausa: ƙamus
→ Malay: kamus
- → Indonesian: kamus
→ Maranao: kamos
→ Northern Kurdish: qamûs
→ Ottoman Turkish: قاموس‎ (kamus)
- Turkish: kamus
→ Pashto: قاموس‎ (qâmos)
→ Persian: قاموس‎ (qâmus)
- Tajik: қомус (qomus)
→ Somali: qaamuus
→ Sundanese: kamus
→ Swahili: kamusi
- → Kikuyu: kamusi
- → Luhya: ekamusi
- → Meru: kamusi
→ Urdu: قاموس‎ (qāmūs)
→ Uyghur: قامۇس‎ (qamus)

Malay

Noun

قاموس (plural قاموس-قاموس or قاموس۲‎, informal 1st possessive قاموسکو‎, 2nd possessive قاموسمو‎, 3rd possessive قاموسڽ‎)

Jawi spelling of kamus

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَامُوس‎ (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Noun

قاموس • (kamus)

dictionary
Synonym: فرهنك‎ (ferhenk)
ocean
Synonyms: عمان‎ (ummân), اقیانوس‎ (okyanus), بحر محیط‎ (bahr-ı muhit)

Descendants

Turkish: kamus

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic قَامُوس‎ (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɑmos/

Noun

قاموس • (qâmós) m

(obsolete, rare) dictionary
Synonym: وييپانګه‎ (wëyipânga)

Declension

declension of قاموس

	singular	plural
direct	قاموس (qâmos)	قاموسونه‎ (qâmosuna)
oblique	قاموس (qâmos)	قاموسونو‎ (qâmosuno)
vocative	قاموسه‎ (qâmosa)	قاموسونو‎ (qâmosuno)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَامُوس‎ (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /qɑːmuːs/

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

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /qɔmus/

Audio (file)

Noun

Iranian Persian	قاموس
Dari	قاموس
Tajik	қомус (qomus)

قاموس • (qâmus)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَامُوس‎ (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑː.muːs/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /xɑː.muːs/

Noun

قاموس • (qāmūs) m (Hindi spelling क़ामूस)

dictionary
Synonyms: شبدکوش‎ (śabdkoś), لغت‎ (luġat)
encyclopedia
Synonym: دائرۃ المعارف‎ (dāyrat-ulmuārif)
ocean
Synonym: اقیانوس‎ (uqyānūs)

References

Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “قاموس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
“قاموس”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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