وش

وش

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian. Cognate with Persian خوش‎ (xoš), which see for more.

Adjective

وش • (waš(š))

1. tasty
2. pleasant
3. good, fine
4. happy

Derived terms

• وش وش‎ (waš waš, “gently, slowly, steadily”, interjection or adverb)

Further reading

• Geiger, Wilhelm (1890) Etymologie des Balūčī (in German), Munich: Academy Press, § 407, page 47
• Korn, Agnes (2005) Towards a Historical Grammar of Balochi: Studies in Balochi Historical Phonology and Vocabulary (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 26)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 132, 226, 412
• Mockler, Edward (1877) A Grammar of the Baloochee Language, as it is Spoken in Makrān (Ancient Gedrosia), in the Persi-Arabic and Roman Characters, London: Henry S. King & Co., § 148, page 113
• Uppsala University (2023), “وش”, in Southern Baluchi Dictionary (Webonary) (in Baluchi), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2019.

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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Assimilated form of Arabic وَجْه‎ (wajh) based on a palatalized pronunciation of the -j- ([ɟ], [ʝ], [dʒ], [ʒ]), which is uncommon in northern Egypt. This word has traditionally been explained by positing that such a pronunciation was more prevalent in the past, but the evidence for this assumption has recently been subject to doubt. Alternatively, this word may be a loan from Saʽidi Arabic or from Levantine Arabic (cf. North Levantine Arabic وش‎ (wišš), وج‎ (wijj)).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wɪʃː]

Noun

وش • (wišš) m (plural وشوش‎ (wišū́š))

1. (anatomy) face

References

1. Manfred Woidich; Liesbeth Zack (2009), “The g/ğ-question in Egyptian Arabic revisited”, in E. Al-Wer; R. de Jong, editors, Arabic dialectology: in honour of Clive Holes on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday (Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics; 53), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 41-60
2. Magdalen M Connolly (25 February 2019), “Revisiting the Question of Ǧim from the Perspective of Judeo-Arabic”, in Journal of Semitic Studies, volume 64, DOI:10.1093/jss/fgy033, pages 176-177

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Najdi Arabic

Preposition

وش (wɪʃ)

1. what

   ‏وش إسمك؟‎‎

   What's your name?

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North Levantine Arabic

Noun

وشّ • (wišš) m

1. Alternative form of وج‎ (wijj): face

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Persian

Etymology 1

Akin to Old Armenian վուշ (vuš), Mazanderani وش‎ (vaš, “flax”).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /waʃ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /væʃ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /vaʃ/

Noun

وش • (vaš)

1. boll

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• فَش‎ (faš)

Suffix

وش • (-vaš)

1. (rare) -like

   Synonym: ـمانند‎ (-mânand)

See also

Persian terms suffixed with وش

Etymology 3

Borrowed from a Northwestern Iranian cognate of Persian خوش‎ (xwaš) and thus a doublet of خوش‎ (xwaš); see it for more.

Adjective

وش • (vaš)

1. good, excellent, choice, beautiful, fair

References

• Korn, Agnes (2005) Towards a Historical Grammar of Balochi: Studies in Balochi Historical Phonology and Vocabulary (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 26)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 132, footnote 298
• Lentz, Wolfgang (1926), “Die nordiranischen Elemente in der neupersischen Literatursprache bei Firdosi”, in Zeitschrift für Indologie und Iranistik‎ (in German), volume 4, § 169, page 304 of 251–316
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “وش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1468