گوش

See also: کوس‎ and كوش‎

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *gáwšah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas. Cognate with Persian گوش‎ (gôš).

Noun

گوش • (goš)

1. ear

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭱‎ (gʿš /gōš/), from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐏁 (g-u-š /gauša/, “ear”), from Proto-Iranian *gáwšah (compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀‎ (gaoša), Baluchi گوش‎ (goš), Northern Kurdish guh, Ossetian хъус (qus) / гъос (ǧos), Old Armenian loanword գոյշ (goyš)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas (compare Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰows- (“hear”).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡoːʃ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡuːʃ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɡɵʃ/

Noun

Dari	گوش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гӯш (güš)

گوش • (guš) (plural گوش‌ها‎ (guš-hâ))

1. ear

Related terms

• گوشی‎ (guši)
• گوشواره‎ (gušvâre)
• گوش دادن‎ (guš dâdan)
• گوش کردن‎ (guš kardan)

References

• Абаев, В. И. (1973), “qūs | ġos”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 316, 317
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գոյշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 578b