خاموش
See also: جاموس
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian خاموش (xâmuš, “silent”).
Adjective
خاموش • (hamuş)
- quiet, silent, free of sound or noise
- Synonym: صوص (sus)
- silent, mute, taciturn, not speaking
- (of fire or light) extinguished, put out
- (of tears) dried up, stanched, ceased
- (of a beast) quiet, tractable, docile
Derived terms
- خاموشان (hamuşan, “cemetery”)
- خاموشلق (hamuşluk, “silence”)
- خاموشی (hamuşî, “silence”)
Descendants
- Turkish: hamuş
Interjection
خاموش • (hamuş)
- quiet, be still
- Synonym: صوص (sus)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “hamuş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1862
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “خاموش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 529
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Silere”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1555
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “خاموش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1846
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “خاموش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 826
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian hʾmwš (xāmōš, “silent”). Compare also Old Armenian համր (hamr).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xɑːˈmoːʃ/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /xɑːˈmoːʃ/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /xɒːˈmuːʃ/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /xɔˈmɵʃ/
Adjective
خَاموش • (xâmuš) (comparative خَاموشتَر (xâmuš-tar), superlative خَاموشتَرین (xâmuš-tarin))
- quiet
- silent
- off
Descendants
- → Armenian: խամուշ (xamuš)
- → Azerbaijani: xamuş
- → Bengali: খামোশ (khamoś)
- → Georgian: ხამუში (xamuši), ხამუშ-ხამუშ (xamuš-xamuš)
- → Gujarati: ખામોશ (khāmoś)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: ख़ामोश (xāmoś)
- Urdu: خاموش (xāmoś)
- → Ottoman Turkish: خاموش (hamuş)
- Turkish: hamuş
- → Punjabi: khāmoś
- Gurmukhi: ਖਮੋਸ਼ (khāmoś)
- Shahmukhi: خاموش (xāmoś)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خَاموش (xâmôš).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xɑː.moːʃ/
Adjective
خاموش • (xāmoś) (Hindi spelling ख़ामोश)
- quiet
- silent
Related terms
- خاموشی (xāmośī, “silence”)