گوش

See also: کوس and كوش

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *gáwšah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas. Cognate with Persian گوش (gôš).

Noun

گوش • (goš)

1. ear

Persian

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭱 (gʿš /⁠gōš⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐏁 (g-u-š /⁠gauša⁠/, “ear”), from Proto-Iranian *gáwšah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰows- (“hear”).

Indo-Iranian cognates include: Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (gaoša), Baluchi گوش (goš), Northern Kurdish guh, Ossetian хъус (qus) / гъос (ǧos), Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa). Also compare Old Armenian գոյշ (goyš), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoːʃ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɵʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	gōš
Dari reading?	gōš
Iranian reading?	guš
Tajik reading?	güš

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	گوش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гӯш

گوش • (guš) (plural گوش‌ها (guš-hâ))

1. ear

Related terms

• گوش دادن (guš dâdan)
• گوش کردن (guš kardan)
• گوشواره (gušvâre)
• گوشی (guši)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: ગોશ (goś)

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1973) “qūs | ġos”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 316, 317
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գոյշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 578b
• Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010) “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203
• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 250