امس

See also: آمس, أمس, أمش, and امش

Burushaski

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [amis]

Pronoun

امس (amis)

1. (interrogative) which...?

References

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025) “amis”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

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Malay

Noun

امس (plural امس-امس or امس٢, informal 1st possessive امسکو, 2nd possessive امسمو, 3rd possessive امسڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of emas‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْس (ʔams).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔams]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäms]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäms]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäms]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäms]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæms]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäms]

Readings
Classical reading?	ams
Dari reading?	ams
Iranian reading?	ams
Tajik reading?	ams

Noun

امس • (ams)

1. (obsolete, literary) yesterday

   Synonyms: دیروز (diruz), دی (di)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 119:

     خود غریبی در جهان چون شمس نیست
     شمس جان باقیی کش امس نیست

     xwad ğarībē dar jahān čōn šams nēst
     šams-i jān-i bāqīyē k-aš ams nēst

     There is nothing in the world so wondrous strange as the Sun, the everlasting spiritual Sun which hath no yesterday.