کش

See also: كس, کس, and گس

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæʃ], [kʰʲeʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kaš
Dari reading?	kaš
Iranian reading?	kaš, keš
Tajik reading?	kaš

Noun

کش • (keš)

1. rubber band

Verb

کش • (kaš) (Tajik spelling каш)

1. present stem form of کشیدن (kašīdan / kašidan, “to draw, to pull”)

Etymology 2

کَش

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kóḱs-o-s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *káćšas

Proto-Iranian *kášah

Middle Persian kš (kaš)

Persian کش

Inherited from Middle Persian kš (kaš, “armpit”), from Proto-Iranian *kášah (“armpit”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káćšas (“armpit”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱs-o-s.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kaš
Dari reading?	kaš
Iranian reading?	kaš
Tajik reading?	kaš

Noun

کش • (kaš) (Tajik spelling каш)

1. armpit, axilla

   Synonym: زیر بغل (zēr-i baġal / zir-e baġal)

Derived terms

• کش ران (kaš-i rān / kaš-e rân, “groin”, literally “armpit of the thigh”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰuʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰoʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kuš
Dari reading?	kuš
Iranian reading?	koš
Tajik reading?	kuš

Verb

کش • (kuš / koš) (Tajik spelling куш)

1. present stem form of کشتن (kuštan / koštan)