كس

See also: کس, کش, and گس

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کُس (kus, “cunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuss/

Noun

كُسّ • (kuss) m

1. (vulgar) pussy
   • Ibn Nubātah al-Miṣri

     يَقُولُ لِي مَنْ لَا دَرَى حَالَتِي / أَرَاكَ قَدْ غِبْتَ عَنِ ٱلْعِشْرَةِ / لَعَلَّ مَوْلَانَا بِكُسٍّ خَلَا / قُلْتُ نِعْمَ كُسِّ أُخْتِ مَا أَكْرَهُ

     yaqūlu lī man lā darā ḥālatī / ʔarāka qad ḡibta ʕani l-ʕišrati / laʕalla mawlānā bikussin ḵalā / qultu niʕma kussi ʔuḵti mā ʔakrahu

     And he who knows nothing about my state would say, / "You have been quite detached from all the company. / Has his Majesty been screwing some pussy secretly?" / I said, "Screw all of my despicable worries!"

Declension

Declension of noun كُسّ (kuss)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُسّ kuss	الْكُسّ al-kuss	كُسّ kuss
Nominative	كُسٌّ kussun	الْكُسُّ al-kussu	كُسُّ kussu
Accusative	كُسًّا kussan	الْكُسَّ al-kussa	كُسَّ kussa
Genitive	كُسٍّ kussin	الْكُسِّ al-kussi	كُسِّ kussi

Descendants

• Hebrew: כּוּס (kus)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کس (kos, “cunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koss/

Noun

كس • (kuss) m

1. (vulgar) pussy, cunt

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کس (kos, “cunt”).

Noun

كس • (kiss) m

1. (vulgar) pussy

   كس اختك ― kiss iḵtak ― your sister’s pussy

   كس امك ― kiss ímmak ― your mother’s pussy

Usage notes

• The phrases above are used as general terms of discontentment (like English fuck!), but they can also be insults (fuck you!) and should therefore be used with particular caution.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian کس (kos, “cunt”). Senses in other languages are vulgar. Dictionaries employ the neutral word vulva, but they may have been constrained by the standards of 19th century publishers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [cys]

Noun

كس • (küs)

1. vulva

   Synonyms: آم (am), فرج (ferc)

Descendants

• Turkish: küs

Etymology 2

From Persian کس (kas, “person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [cɛs]

Noun

كس • (kes)

1. person, individual

   Synonyms: كیشی (kişi), شخص (şahs, şahis)

Descendants

• Turkish: kes

References

• Bittner, Maximilian (1900) Der Einfluss des Arabischen und Persischen auf das Türkische. Eine philologische Studie (Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Klasse der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften)‎^[1] (in German), volume 142, number 3, Wien: In Commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, page 68
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1545
• Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “كس”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 749a