قاموس

قاموس

Arabic

FWOTD – 26 October 2017

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós). Sense 1 stems from the title of Fayrūzābādiyy’s one which became popular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaː.muːs/

Noun

قَامُوس • (qāmūs) m (plural قَوَامِيس‎ (qawāmīs))

1. dictionary, lexicon

   Synonym: مُعْجَم‎ (muʿjam)

   ‏قَامُوسٌ جَيْبِيٌّ‎ ― qāmūsun jaybiyyun ― pocket dictionary

   • 2014 August 30, “جديد أكسفورد قاموس رائد”, in Al-Akhbar‎:

     ‏يَضُمُّ ٱلْقَامُوسُ ٱلْجَدِيدُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ 130 أَلْفَ كَلِمَةٍ وَعِبَارَةٍ‎

     yaḍummu l-qāmūsu l-jadīdu ʾakṯara min 130 ʾalfa kalimatin waʿibāratin

     The new dictionary covers more than 130 thousand words and expressions

2. (obsolete) ocean

   Synonyms: مُحِيط‎ (muḥīṭ), خِضَمّ‎ (ḵiḍamm)

Declension

Declension of noun قَامُوس (qāmūs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَامُوس qāmūs	الْقَامُوس‎ al-qāmūs	قَامُوس qāmūs
Nominative	قَامُوسٌ qāmūsun	الْقَامُوسُ‎ al-qāmūsu	قَامُوسُ qāmūsu
Accusative	قَامُوسًا‎ qāmūsan	الْقَامُوسَ‎ al-qāmūsa	قَامُوسَ qāmūsa
Genitive	قَامُوسٍ qāmūsin	الْقَامُوسِ‎ al-qāmūsi	قَامُوسِ qāmūsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَامُوسَيْن‎ qāmūsayn	الْقَامُوسَيْن‎ al-qāmūsayn	قَامُوسَيْ‎ qāmūsay
Nominative	قَامُوسَانِ‎ qāmūsāni	الْقَامُوسَانِ‎ al-qāmūsāni	قَامُوسَا‎ qāmūsā
Accusative	قَامُوسَيْنِ‎ qāmūsayni	الْقَامُوسَيْنِ‎ al-qāmūsayni	قَامُوسَيْ‎ qāmūsay
Genitive	قَامُوسَيْنِ‎ qāmūsayni	الْقَامُوسَيْنِ‎ al-qāmūsayni	قَامُوسَيْ‎ qāmūsay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوَامِيس‎ qawāmīs	الْقَوَامِيس‎ al-qawāmīs	قَوَامِيس‎ qawāmīs
Nominative	قَوَامِيسُ‎ qawāmīsu	الْقَوَامِيسُ‎ al-qawāmīsu	قَوَامِيسُ‎ qawāmīsu
Accusative	قَوَامِيسَ‎ qawāmīsa	الْقَوَامِيسَ‎ al-qawāmīsa	قَوَامِيسَ‎ qawāmīsa
Genitive	قَوَامِيسَ‎ qawāmīsa	الْقَوَامِيسِ‎ al-qawāmīsi	قَوَامِيسِ‎ qawāmīsi

Descendants

• → Hausa: ƙamus
• → Malay: kamus
  • → Indonesian: kamus
• → Maranao: kamos
• → Northern Kurdish: qamûs
• → Ottoman Turkish: قاموس‎ (kamus)
  • Turkish: kamus
• → Pashto: قاموس‎ (qâmos)
• → Persian: قاموس‎ (qâmus)
  • Tajik: қомус (qomus)
• → Somali: qaamuus
• → Sundanese: kamus
• → Swahili: kamusi
  • → Kikuyu: kamusi
  • → Luhya: ekamusi
  • → Meru: kamusi
• → Urdu: قاموس‎ (qāmūs)
• → Uyghur: قامۇس‎ (qamus)

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Malay

Noun

قاموس (plural قاموس-قاموس or قاموس۲‎, informal 1st possessive قاموسکو‎, 2nd possessive قاموسمو‎, 3rd possessive قاموسڽ‎)

1. Jawi spelling of kamus

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَامُوس‎ (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Noun

قاموس • (kamus)

1. dictionary

   Synonym: فرهنك‎ (ferhenk)

2. ocean

   Synonyms: عمان‎ (ummân), اقیانوس‎ (okyanus), بحر محیط‎ (bahr-ı muhit)

Descendants

• Turkish: kamus

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Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic قَامُوس‎ (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑmos/

Noun

قاموس • (qâmos) m

1. (obsolete, rare) dictionary

   Synonym: وييپانګه‎ (wëyipânga)

Declension

declension of قاموس

	singular		plural
direct	قاموس (qâmos)		قاموسونه‎ (qâmosuna)
oblique	قاموس (qâmos)		قاموسونو‎ (qâmosuno)
vocative	قاموسه‎ (qâmosa)		قاموسونو‎ (qâmosuno)

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَامُوس‎ (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /qɑːmuːs/

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

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /qɔmus/

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Noun

Dari	قاموس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қомус (qomus)

قاموس • (qâmus)

1. dictionary
2. ocean

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَامُوس‎ (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑː.muːs/

Noun

قاموس • (qāmūs) m (Hindi spelling क़ामूस)

1. dictionary

   Synonyms: شبدکوش‎ (śabdkoś), لغت‎ (luġat)

2. encyclopedia

   Synonym: دائرۃ المعارف‎ (dāyrat-ulmuārif)

3. ocean

   Synonym: اقیانوس‎ (uqyānūs)

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “قاموس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “قاموس”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.