گوسان

Persian

Alternative forms

• کوسان (kôsân)

Etymology

The correct spelling is گوسان (gôsân), either inherited from Middle Persian *gōsān or borrowed from Parthian 𐫃𐫇𐫘𐫀𐫗 (gwsʾn /⁠gōsān⁠/); see there for further information.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡoː.ˈsɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoː.sɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoː.sɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡoː.sɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡʊː.sɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uː.sɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɵ.sɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	gōsān
Dari reading?	gōsān
Iranian reading?	gusân
Tajik reading?	güson

Noun

گوسان • (gôsân) (plural گوسانان (gôsânân) or گوسان‌ها (gôsân-hâ))

1. gusan
   • 11th c., Fakhruddīn As'ad Gurgānī, "بزم ساختن موبد در باغ و سرود گفتن رامشگر گوسان", Wīs and Rāmīn, 218.5

     سرودی گفت گوسانِ نوآیین
     درو پوشید حالِ ویس و رامین

     sarôz-ê guft gôsân-i naw-âyîn
     dar ô pôšîz hâl-i vîs u râmîn

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. minstrel

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کوسان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Stackelberg, R. von (1894) “Lexicalisches aus ‘Wīs ō Rāmīn’”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 48, pages 490–497
• Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица‎^[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, pages 102–105
• Bailey, H. W. (1934) “Iranica (II)”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society‎^[3], number 3, page 514f