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قاموس

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Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós). Sense 1 stems from the title of Firuzabadi’s dictionary, the The Encompassing ὠκεανός, which became popular.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.muːs/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): [qaː.muːs], [ɡaː.muːs]

Noun

قَامُوس (qāmūsm (plural قَوَامِيس (qawāmīs))

  1. dictionary, lexicon
    Synonym: مُعْجَم (muʕjam)
    قَامُوسٌ جَيْبِيٌّqāmūsun jaybiyyunpocket dictionary
    • 2014 August 30, “جديد أكسفورد قاموس رائد”, in Al-Akhbar[1]:
      يَضُمُّ ٱلْقَامُوسُ ٱلْجَدِيدُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ 130 أَلْفَ كَلِمَةٍ وَعِبَارَةٍ
      yaḍummu l-qāmūsu l-jadīdu ʔakṯara min 130 ʔalfa kalimatin waʕibāratin
      The new dictionary covers more than 130 thousand words and expressions
  2. (obsolete) ocean
    Synonyms: مُحِيط (muḥīṭ), خِضَمّ (ḵiḍamm)

Declension

Declension of noun قَامُوس (qāmūs)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قَامُوس
qāmūs
الْقَامُوس
al-qāmūs
قَامُوس
qāmūs
nominative قَامُوسٌ
qāmūsun
الْقَامُوسُ
al-qāmūsu
قَامُوسُ
qāmūsu
accusative قَامُوسًا
qāmūsan
الْقَامُوسَ
al-qāmūsa
قَامُوسَ
qāmūsa
genitive قَامُوسٍ
qāmūsin
الْقَامُوسِ
al-qāmūsi
قَامُوسِ
qāmūsi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal قَامُوسَيْن
qāmūsayn
الْقَامُوسَيْن
al-qāmūsayn
قَامُوسَيْ
qāmūsay
nominative قَامُوسَانِ
qāmūsāni
الْقَامُوسَانِ
al-qāmūsāni
قَامُوسَا
qāmūsā
accusative قَامُوسَيْنِ
qāmūsayni
الْقَامُوسَيْنِ
al-qāmūsayni
قَامُوسَيْ
qāmūsay
genitive قَامُوسَيْنِ
qāmūsayni
الْقَامُوسَيْنِ
al-qāmūsayni
قَامُوسَيْ
qāmūsay
plural basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قَوَامِيس
qawāmīs
الْقَوَامِيس
al-qawāmīs
قَوَامِيس
qawāmīs
nominative قَوَامِيسُ
qawāmīsu
الْقَوَامِيسُ
al-qawāmīsu
قَوَامِيسُ
qawāmīsu
accusative قَوَامِيسَ
qawāmīsa
الْقَوَامِيسَ
al-qawāmīsa
قَوَامِيسَ
qawāmīsa
genitive قَوَامِيسَ
qawāmīsa
الْقَوَامِيسِ
al-qawāmīsi
قَوَامِيسِ
qawāmīsi

Descendants

Malay

Noun

قاموس (plural قاموس-قاموس or قاموس٢)

  1. Jawi spelling of kamus.‎‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Noun

قاموس (kamus)

  1. dictionary
    Synonym: فرهنك (ferhenk)
  2. ocean
    Synonyms: عمان (ummân), اقیانوس (okyanus), بحر محیط (bahr-ı muhit)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قاموس”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1039

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

Noun

قاموس (qāmusm

  1. (obsolete, rare) dictionary
    Synonym: وييپانګه (wëyipânga)

Declension

Declension of قاموس
singular plural
direct قاموس (qâmos) قاموسونه (qâmosuna)
oblique قاموس (qâmos) قاموسونو (qâmosuno)
vocative قاموسه (qâmosa) قاموسونو (qâmosuno)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qāmūs
Dari reading? qāmūs
Iranian reading? ġâmus
Tajik reading? qomus
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari قاموس
Iranian Persian
Tajik қомус

قاموس (qâmus)

  1. dictionary
  2. ocean

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós). Doublet of اُوقِیَانُوس (ūqiyānūs).

Pronunciation

Noun

قامُوس (qāmūsm (Hindi spelling क़ामूस)

  1. dictionary
    Synonyms: شَبْدَکوش (śabdakoś), لُغَت (luġat)
  2. encyclopedia
    Synonyms: دائِرَۃُ الْمَعارِف (dāiratu l-ma'ārif), کِتابُ الْمَعارِف (kitābu l-ma'ārif), اِنْسائِیکِلوپِیڈْیا (insāīkilopīḍyā)
  3. ocean
    Synonym: اُوقِیَانُوس (ūqiyānūs)

References

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قاموس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • قاموس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.