بوس

See also: بؤس and پوش

Arabic

Noun

بَوْس • (baws) m

1. verbal noun of بَاسَ (bāsa, “to kiss”) (form I)
2. kissing

Declension

Declension of noun بَوْس (baws)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَوْس baws	الْبَوْس al-baws	بَوْس baws
nominative	بَوْسٌ bawsun	الْبَوْسُ al-bawsu	بَوْسُ bawsu
accusative	بَوْسًا bawsan	الْبَوْسَ al-bawsa	بَوْسَ bawsa
genitive	بَوْسٍ bawsin	الْبَوْسِ al-bawsi	بَوْسِ bawsi

Persian

Etymology 1

Compare English buss.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈboːs/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [boːs]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [buːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɵs]

Readings
Classical reading?	bōs
Dari reading?	bōs
Iranian reading?	bus
Tajik reading?	büs

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

بوس • (bus)

1. kiss

Verb

بوس • (bus)

1. present stem form of بوسیدن (busidan)

Related terms

• بوسه (buse)
• بوس کردن (bus kardan)
• بوسیدن (busidan)

See also

• ماچ (mâč)
• ماچ کردن (mâč kardan)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بُؤْس (buʔs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuːs/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [buːs]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [buːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bus]

Readings
Classical reading?	būs
Dari reading?	būs
Iranian reading?	bus
Tajik reading?	bus

Noun

بوس • (bus)

1. humility, quell, adversity

References

• Vullers, Johann August (1855), “بوس”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 276b
• Wolff, Fritz (1935), Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 157a