جوشش

Persian

Etymology

From جوش (juš, present stem of جوشیدن (jušidan, “to ferment, to boil”)) +‎ ـش (-eš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː.ˈʃiʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː.ʃɪ́ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː.ʃɪ́ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː.ʃɪ́ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒu.ʃíʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuː.ʃéʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɵ.ʃíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	jōšiš
Dari reading?	jōšiš
Iranian reading?	jušeš
Tajik reading?	jüšiš

Noun

جوشش • (jušeš)

1. boiling
2. (figurative) ardor, enthusiasm, passion
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume I, verse 10:

     آتش عشق است کاندر نی فتاد
     جوشش عشق است کاندر می فتاد

     ātaš-i išq ast k-andar nay fitād
     jōšiš-i išq ast k-andar may fitād

     'Tis the fire of Love that is in the reed,
     'tis the fervour of Love that is in the wine.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جوشش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim