آغوش

آغوش

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ’gwš’ (āgōš, “embrace”). Compare Mazanderani کشه‎ (kaše), Sogdian [script needed] (qwš(y) /kōš, kuši, kuše/).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɑːɣoːʃ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɒːɢuːʃ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɔɣɵʃ/

Noun

Dari	آغوش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	оғӯш (oġüš)

آغوش • (âğuš)

1. embrace; arms
2. armful

Derived terms

• دَر آغوش گِرِفتَن‎ (dar âğuš gereftan)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ağuş
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: आग़ोश (āġoś)

  Urdu: آغوش‎ (āġoś)

• → Turkish: aguş

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آغوش‎ (āğōš), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾkwš /āgōš/, “embrace”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɣoːʃ/

Noun

آغوش • (āġoś) f (Hindi spelling आग़ोश)

1. embrace

   Synonym: (rare) آلِنگَن‎ (āliṅgan)

Further reading

• “آغوش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “آغُوش”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “آغوش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “آغوش”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.