کوس

See also: گوش, كوش, and كوس

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch kost, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French cost, from Latin constare, present infinitive of consto (“I stand firm (at a price)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kos]
• Hyphenation: کوس
• Rhymes: -os

Noun

کوس (Rumi spelling kos, plural کوس-کوس or کوس۲, informal 1st possessive کوسکو, 2nd possessive کوسمو, 3rd possessive کوسڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of kos

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• برکوس
• ڤڠکوسن

References

• “کوس” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 1159.

Further reading

• “کوس” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Pashto

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kuḱis (“(female) pubic hair; vulva”). Cognate to Persian کس (kos); related also to Hindi कोख (kokh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwəs/
• (Jalalabad) IPA^(key): /kwəs/

Noun

کوس • (kwës) m

1. vagina
2. vulva

Further reading

• Pashto-French Dictionary, Dr. M. Akbar Wardag
• Raverty, H. G. (1867) “کوس”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate

Persian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (kws, “drum”), Khotanese kūsa- (“vessel; drum”), etc.

Alternative forms

• کوست (kôst)

Noun

کوس • (kôs)

1. Kus, a large ancient Persian drum akin to a timpani.

Descendants

• → Arabic: كُوس (kūs)
• → Middle Armenian: գոս (gos), քօզ (kʻōz)
  • → Armenian: գոս (gos)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كوس (küs)
  • Turkish: kös

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کوس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Bailey, H. W. (1934) “Iranica (II)”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society‎^[1], number 3, page 515
• Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 64a

Etymology 2

Noun

کوس • (kos)

1. (vulgar, slang) Alternative form of کس (kos)

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Κῶς (Kôs).

Alternative forms

• کس (kos)

Proper noun

کوس • (kôs)

1. Kos or Cos (Greek island of the Dodecanese)

   جزیره کوس ― Kos Island