خوشا

Persian

Etymology

From خوش (xoš, “good, pleasant”) +‎ ـا (-â, exclamatory suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xʷa.ˈʃɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.ʃɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.ʃɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊ.ʃɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu.ʃɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xo.ʃɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χu.ʃɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	xwašā
Dari reading?	xušā
Iranian reading?	xošâ
Tajik reading?	xušo

Adjective

خوشا • (xošâ)

1. (poetic, always at the start of a phrase, usually followed by به (be) or به حال (be hâl-e)) how happy, how pleasing, how blessed...

   Antonym: بدا (badâ)

   خوشا به حال شهیدان

   xošâ be hâl-e šahidân

   blessed are the martyrs

   • 1890s, Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani, در بیان ملت آریانا [dar bayân-e mellat-e âryânâ]‎^[1]:

     خوشا قوم آریان نیکوتبار
     که ایران از آنان بود یادگار

     xošâ qowm-e âryân-e niku-tabâr
     ke irân az ânân bovad yâdegâr

     Happy is the Aryan nation of noble lineage,
     Of whom Iran is left as a memorial.

   • 1980s, Qeysar Aminpour, translated by Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, in "'The Houses of the Tulips': Persian Poetry on the Fallen in the Iran–Iraq War (International Journal of Persian Literature, 2016), غزل تصمیم [Poem of Decision]:

     اگرچه نیت خوبیست زیستن اما
     خوشا که دست به تصمیم دیگری بزنیم

     agarče niyyat-e xubi-st zistan ammâ
     xošâ ke dast be tasmim-e digari bezanim

     Although there’s virtue in wanting to live
     how pleasing it would be, to decide on something better.

Related terms

• خوش به حال (xoš be hâl-e)