دوش

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from French douche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːʃ/

Noun

دُوش • (dūš) m (plural دُوشَات (dūšāt))

1. shower (bathing)

Declension

Declension of noun دُوش (dūš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُوش dūš	الدُّوش ad-dūš	دُوش dūš
Nominative	دُوشٌ dūšun	الدُّوشُ ad-dūšu	دُوشُ dūšu
Accusative	دُوشًا dūšan	الدُّوشَ ad-dūša	دُوشَ dūša
Genitive	دُوشٍ dūšin	الدُّوشِ ad-dūši	دُوشِ dūši
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُوشَيْن dūšayn	الدُّوشَيْن ad-dūšayn	دُوشَيْ dūšay
Nominative	دُوشَانِ dūšāni	الدُّوشَانِ ad-dūšāni	دُوشَا dūšā
Accusative	دُوشَيْنِ dūšayni	الدُّوشَيْنِ ad-dūšayni	دُوشَيْ dūšay
Genitive	دُوشَيْنِ dūšayni	الدُّوشَيْنِ ad-dūšayni	دُوشَيْ dūšay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُوشَات dūšāt	الدُّوشَات ad-dūšāt	دُوشَات dūšāt
Nominative	دُوشَاتٌ dūšātun	الدُّوشَاتُ ad-dūšātu	دُوشَاتُ dūšātu
Accusative	دُوشَاتٍ dūšātin	الدُّوشَاتِ ad-dūšāti	دُوشَاتِ dūšāti
Genitive	دُوشَاتٍ dūšātin	الدُّوشَاتِ ad-dūšāti	دُوشَاتِ dūšāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “دوش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from French douche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːʃ/

Noun

دوش • (dūš) m (plural دوشات (dūšāt))

1. showerhead

See also

• مرْوَش (marwaš, mirwaš, “shower”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Old Anatolian Turkish دوش, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tǖĺ (“dream”).

Noun

دوش • (düş) (definite accusative دوشی (düşü), plural دوشلر (düşler))

1. dream

Descendants

• Gagauz: düş
• Turkish: düş

Etymology 2

From French douche.

Noun

دوش • (duş) (definite accusative دوشی (duşu), plural دوشلر (duşlar))

1. shower

Descendants

• Turkish: duş

References

• Redhouse, J. W. (1884) “sea”, in A Lexicon, English and Turkish, 3rd edition, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 264
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دوش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 587

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French douche.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪uːʃ]

Readings
Iranian reading?	duš

Noun

Dari	شاور
Iranian Persian	دوش
Tajik	душ

دوش • (duš)

1. shower (bathing)

Derived terms

• دوش گرفتن (duš gereftan)

 

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwš /⁠dōš⁠/) (cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬱 (daoš, “forearm”)), from Old Persian [script needed] (dauš), from Proto-Iranian *dáwš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáwš, from Proto-Indo-European *dóws (“forearm”) Cognate with Sanskrit दोषन् (doṣan, “forearm”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [doːʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪oːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪oːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪oːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊːʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪uːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɵʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dōš
Dari reading?	dōš
Iranian reading?	duš
Tajik reading?	düš

Noun

Dari	دوش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дӯш

دوش • (duš)

1. shoulder

   Synonyms: شانه (šâne), کتف (ketf), سفت (soft)

Derived terms

• به دوش گرفتن (be duš gereftan)
• دوش دادن (duš dâdan)

 

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dawšáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dowséh₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬱 (daoš, “night, last night”) and Sanskrit दोषा (doṣā, “darkness; night”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [doːʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪oːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪oːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪oːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊːʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪uːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɵʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dōš
Dari reading?	dōš
Iranian reading?	duš
Tajik reading?	düš

Adverb

دوش • (duš)

1. last night

   Synonym: دیشب (dišab)

Related terms

• پرندوش (paranduš)

 

Etymology 4

From Old Persian [script needed] (*dáuxšatiy), from Proto-Iranian *dáwxšati (“to milk”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [doːʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪oːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪oːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪oːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊːʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪uːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɵʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dōš
Dari reading?	dōš
Iranian reading?	duš
Tajik reading?	düš

Verb

دوش • (duš)

1. present stem form of دوختن (duxtan, “(archaic) to milk”)

Verb

دوش • (duš)

1. present stem form of دوشیدن (dušidan, “to milk”)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from French douche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duʃʃ/, [dʊʃ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

دوش • (dušš, dūš) m

1. shower

Derived terms

• تدوّش (tdawwaš, “to shower”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪oːʃ/
• Rhymes: -oːʃ

Noun

دوش • (doś) m (Hindi spelling दोष)

1. blame, fault

   Synonym: قُصُور (qusūr)

2. accusation

   Synonyms: اِلْزام (ilzām), آروپ (ārop)

Declension

Declension of دوش
	singular	plural
direct	دوش (doś)	دوش (doś)
oblique	دوش (doś)	دوشوں (dośõ)
vocative	دوش (doś)	دوشو (dośo)

Further reading

• “دوش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دوش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.