قوس و قزح
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Persian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Double-alaskan-rainbow.jpg/250px-Double-alaskan-rainbow.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Mistaken form of earlier قوس قزح (qows-e qazah), from Arabic قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ, literally “bow of the pre-Islamic Arab god Quzah”). It is not clear why the vowel shifted from /e/ to /o/.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qów.so qæ.zǽʱ]
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Iranian reading? | ğowso ğazah |
Noun
[edit]- rainbow
- Synonym: رنگین کمان (rangin-kamân)