خوش

See also: خوس‎, جوش‎, and حوش‎

Arabic

Verb

خَوَّشَ • (ḵawwaša) II, non-past يُخَوِّشُ‎‎ (yuḵawwišu)

1. to countersink
2. to ream

Conjugation

Conjugation of

خَوَّشَ

(form-II sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَخْوِيش‎ taḵwīš
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُخَوِّش‎ muḵawwiš
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُخَوَّش‎ muḵawwaš
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	خَوَّشْتُ‎ ḵawwaštu	خَوَّشْتَ‎ ḵawwašta	خَوَّشَ ḵawwaša		خَوَّشْتُمَا‎ ḵawwaštumā	خَوَّشَا‎ ḵawwašā		خَوَّشْنَا‎ ḵawwašnā	خَوَّشْتُمْ‎ ḵawwaštum	خَوَّشُوا‎ ḵawwašū
	f		خَوَّشْتِ‎ ḵawwašti	خَوَّشَتْ‎ ḵawwašat			خَوَّشَتَا‎ ḵawwašatā			خَوَّشْتُنَّ‎ ḵawwaštunna	خَوَّشْنَ‎ ḵawwašna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع	m	أُخَوِّشُ‎ ʾuḵawwišu	تُخَوِّشُ‎ tuḵawwišu	يُخَوِّشُ‎ yuḵawwišu		تُخَوِّشَانِ‎ tuḵawwišāni	يُخَوِّشَانِ‎ yuḵawwišāni		نُخَوِّشُ‎ nuḵawwišu	تُخَوِّشُونَ‎ tuḵawwišūna	يُخَوِّشُونَ‎ yuḵawwišūna
	f		تُخَوِّشِينَ‎ tuḵawwišīna	تُخَوِّشُ‎ tuḵawwišu			تُخَوِّشَانِ‎ tuḵawwišāni			تُخَوِّشْنَ‎ tuḵawwišna	يُخَوِّشْنَ‎ yuḵawwišna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُخَوِّشَ‎ ʾuḵawwiša	تُخَوِّشَ‎ tuḵawwiša	يُخَوِّشَ‎ yuḵawwiša		تُخَوِّشَا‎ tuḵawwišā	يُخَوِّشَا‎ yuḵawwišā		نُخَوِّشَ‎ nuḵawwiša	تُخَوِّشُوا‎ tuḵawwišū	يُخَوِّشُوا‎ yuḵawwišū
	f		تُخَوِّشِي‎ tuḵawwišī	تُخَوِّشَ‎ tuḵawwiša			تُخَوِّشَا‎ tuḵawwišā			تُخَوِّشْنَ‎ tuḵawwišna	يُخَوِّشْنَ‎ yuḵawwišna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُخَوِّشْ‎ ʾuḵawwiš	تُخَوِّشْ‎ tuḵawwiš	يُخَوِّشْ‎ yuḵawwiš		تُخَوِّشَا‎ tuḵawwišā	يُخَوِّشَا‎ yuḵawwišā		نُخَوِّشْ‎ nuḵawwiš	تُخَوِّشُوا‎ tuḵawwišū	يُخَوِّشُوا‎ yuḵawwišū
	f		تُخَوِّشِي‎ tuḵawwišī	تُخَوِّشْ‎ tuḵawwiš			تُخَوِّشَا‎ tuḵawwišā			تُخَوِّشْنَ‎ tuḵawwišna	يُخَوِّشْنَ‎ yuḵawwišna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		خَوِّشْ ḵawwiš			خَوِّشَا‎ ḵawwišā				خَوِّشُوا‎ ḵawwišū
	f		خَوِّشِي‎ ḵawwišī							خَوِّشْنَ‎ ḵawwišna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	خُوِّشْتُ‎ ḵuwwištu	خُوِّشْتَ‎ ḵuwwišta	خُوِّشَ ḵuwwiša		خُوِّشْتُمَا‎ ḵuwwištumā	خُوِّشَا‎ ḵuwwišā		خُوِّشْنَا‎ ḵuwwišnā	خُوِّشْتُمْ‎ ḵuwwištum	خُوِّشُوا‎ ḵuwwišū
	f		خُوِّشْتِ‎ ḵuwwišti	خُوِّشَتْ‎ ḵuwwišat			خُوِّشَتَا‎ ḵuwwišatā			خُوِّشْتُنَّ‎ ḵuwwištunna	خُوِّشْنَ‎ ḵuwwišna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع	m	أُخَوَّشُ‎ ʾuḵawwašu	تُخَوَّشُ‎ tuḵawwašu	يُخَوَّشُ‎ yuḵawwašu		تُخَوَّشَانِ‎ tuḵawwašāni	يُخَوَّشَانِ‎ yuḵawwašāni		نُخَوَّشُ‎ nuḵawwašu	تُخَوَّشُونَ‎ tuḵawwašūna	يُخَوَّشُونَ‎ yuḵawwašūna
	f		تُخَوَّشِينَ‎ tuḵawwašīna	تُخَوَّشُ‎ tuḵawwašu			تُخَوَّشَانِ‎ tuḵawwašāni			تُخَوَّشْنَ‎ tuḵawwašna	يُخَوَّشْنَ‎ yuḵawwašna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُخَوَّشَ‎ ʾuḵawwaša	تُخَوَّشَ‎ tuḵawwaša	يُخَوَّشَ‎ yuḵawwaša		تُخَوَّشَا‎ tuḵawwašā	يُخَوَّشَا‎ yuḵawwašā		نُخَوَّشَ‎ nuḵawwaša	تُخَوَّشُوا‎ tuḵawwašū	يُخَوَّشُوا‎ yuḵawwašū
	f		تُخَوَّشِي‎ tuḵawwašī	تُخَوَّشَ‎ tuḵawwaša			تُخَوَّشَا‎ tuḵawwašā			تُخَوَّشْنَ‎ tuḵawwašna	يُخَوَّشْنَ‎ yuḵawwašna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُخَوَّشْ‎ ʾuḵawwaš	تُخَوَّشْ‎ tuḵawwaš	يُخَوَّشْ‎ yuḵawwaš		تُخَوَّشَا‎ tuḵawwašā	يُخَوَّشَا‎ yuḵawwašā		نُخَوَّشْ‎ nuḵawwaš	تُخَوَّشُوا‎ tuḵawwašū	يُخَوَّشُوا‎ yuḵawwašū
	f		تُخَوَّشِي‎ tuḵawwašī	تُخَوَّشْ‎ tuḵawwaš			تُخَوَّشَا‎ tuḵawwašā			تُخَوَّشْنَ‎ tuḵawwašna	يُخَوَّشْنَ‎ yuḵawwašna

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Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Persian خوش‎ (xoš).

Adjective

خوش • (ḵōš)

1. (with a following noun) good; someone or something good

   ‏اهي خوش زوجة.‎‎

   ihya ḵōš zōja

   She’s a good wife.

Usage notes

• The sense is adjectival, but the construction is like that of a noun or pronoun.

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North Mesopotamian Arabic

Etymology

From Persian خوش‎ (xoš).

Adjective

خوش (ḵōš) m or f

1. (with a following noun) good; someone or something good

   ‏هذي خوش سيارة‎

   haðiːḵōš səj.jɑː.rə

   This is a good car.

Synonyms

• مليح‎ (mliːħ)
• زين‎ (zɪn)

Usage notes

• The sense is adjectival, but the construction is like that of a noun or pronoun.

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (xwš /xwaš/), from Proto-Iranian. Cognate with Khotanese khaṣṣa- (“pleasant”), Northern Kurdish xweş, Zazaki weş, Baluchi وش‎ (waš), etc..

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /xʊʃ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /xoʃ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /xuʃ/

Adjective

Dari Persian	خوش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хуш (xuš)

خوش • (xoš) (comparative خوش‌تر‎, superlative خوش‌ترین‎)

1. happy
2. pleasant

Inflection

Predicative forms of خوش (xoš)

	singular	plural
1st person (“I am/we are”)	خوشم (xošam)	خوشیم (xošim)
2nd person (“you are”)	خوشی (xoši)	خوشید (xošid) خوشین△ (xošin)
3rd person (“he, she, it is/they are”)	خوش است (xoš ast) خوشه△ (xoše)	خوشند (xošand) خوشن△ (xošan)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• خوش آمدید‎ (xoš âmadid)
• خوشی‎ (xoši)
• سرخوش‎ (sarxoš)
• خوش و بش‎ (xoš-o-beš)
• خوشحال‎ (xošhâl)
• خوشگل‎ (xošgel)

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: خوش‎
• → Uyghur: خوش‎ (xosh)
• → Turkish: hoş
• → Azerbaijani: xoş
• → Kazakh: хош (xoş), қош (qoş)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़ुश (xuś)

  Urdu: خوش‎ (xuś)

• → Punjabi: ਖੁਸ਼ (khuś), خوش‎ (khush)
• Saraiki: خوش‎ (khush)

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Saraiki

Adjective

خوش (transliteration needed)

1. happy

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian خوش‎ (xuš).

Adjective

خوش • (xuš) (Hindi spelling ख़ुश)

1. happy

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Uyghur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoʃ/, /xɔʃ/.

Interjection

خوش • (xosh)

1. goodbye