قوش

See also: قوس and قۇش

Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوش (kuş, “the rump or hock of a horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /quːʃ/

Noun

قُوش • (qūš) m (plural أَقْوَاش (ʔaqwāš))

1. crupper (thong to keep the saddle from sliding forth)

Declension

Declension of noun قُوش (qūš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُوش qūš	الْقُوش al-qūš	قُوش qūš
Nominative	قُوشٌ qūšun	الْقُوشُ al-qūšu	قُوشُ qūšu
Accusative	قُوشًا qūšan	الْقُوشَ al-qūša	قُوشَ qūša
Genitive	قُوشٍ qūšin	الْقُوشِ al-qūši	قُوشِ qūši
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُوشَيْن qūšayn	الْقُوشَيْن al-qūšayn	قُوشَيْ qūšay
Nominative	قُوشَانِ qūšāni	الْقُوشَانِ al-qūšāni	قُوشَا qūšā
Accusative	قُوشَيْنِ qūšayni	الْقُوشَيْنِ al-qūšayni	قُوشَيْ qūšay
Genitive	قُوشَيْنِ qūšayni	الْقُوشَيْنِ al-qūšayni	قُوشَيْ qūšay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَقْوَاش ʔaqwāš	الْأَقْوَاش al-ʔaqwāš	أَقْوَاش ʔaqwāš
Nominative	أَقْوَاشٌ ʔaqwāšun	الْأَقْوَاشُ al-ʔaqwāšu	أَقْوَاشُ ʔaqwāšu
Accusative	أَقْوَاشًا ʔaqwāšan	الْأَقْوَاشَ al-ʔaqwāša	أَقْوَاشَ ʔaqwāša
Genitive	أَقْوَاشٍ ʔaqwāšin	الْأَقْوَاشِ al-ʔaqwāši	أَقْوَاشِ ʔaqwāši

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قوش”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 515
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قوش”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 834
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قوش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 932
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قوش”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1065

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Chagatai

Etymology 1

From Common Turkic *kuš (“bird”), from Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (“bird”).

Noun

قوش (quş)

1. bird
2. butterfly
3. presage, omen

Descendants

• Uyghur: قۇش (qush)
• Uzbek: qush

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

قوش (qoş)

1. drove, team, pair, yoke
2. camp, companions, troop, group
3. station, tent, house; house utensils, supellex

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Ottoman Turkish

قوشلر

Etymology 1

From Common Turkic *kuš (“bird”), from Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (“bird”).

Noun

قوش • (kuş)

1. bird

Descendants

• Turkish: kuş

قوش

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

قوش • (koş)

1. team of animals, pair, yoke

قوشلر

Etymology 3

Compare Turkish kuskun (“crupper”) and Kazakh құйысқан (qūiysqan).

Noun

قوش • (kuş)

1. rump or hock of a horse, cavity on the croupe of a steed, bald spot on the rump of an old horse

Descendants

• → Arabic: قُوش (qūš)

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قوش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3794b
• Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “قوش”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 717b

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Persian

Etymology

From a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (“bird”), cognate to Ottoman Turkish قوش (kuş), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰽 (qus¹), Azerbaijani quş, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɢuːʃ]

Noun

قوش • (quš)

1. falcon
2. hawk