kwšk'

Middle Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

kwšk' • (kōšk)

1. pavillion
2. palace

Descendants

• Persian: کوشک (kôšk)
  • Tajik: кӯшк (küšk)
  • → Azerbaijani: köşk
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كوشك (köşk, kuşk)
    • Turkish: köşk
    • → Armenian: քյոշկ (kʻyošk)
    • → French: kiosque
      • → Russian: киоск (kiosk)
        • → Georgian: კიოსკი (ḳiosḳi)
      • → English: kiosk
      • → German: Kiosk
        • → Hungarian: kioszk
      • → Persian: کیوسک (kiyusk)
      • → Portuguese: quiosque
      • → Spanish: quiosco
  • → Turkmen: köşk

Taking Middle Persian as representative for all Middle Iranian:

• → Classical Syriac: ܓܘܫܩܐ (gawšāqā)
  • → Arabic: جوسق (jawsaq, jūsaq)
• → Georgian: კოშკი (ḳošḳi)
• → Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: קושקא (qōšqā)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kōšk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 51