Baluchi

Noun

گوش • ‎(goš)

1. ear

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭱 ‎(gōš), from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐏁 ‎(gauša-, “ear”), from Proto-Iranian *gauš- (compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 ‎(gaoša-), Baluchi گوش ‎(goš), Kurdish guh, Ossetian хъус ‎(qus) / гъос ‎(ǧos), Old Armenian loanword գոյշ ‎(goyš)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰauš- (compare Sanskrit घोष ‎(ghoṣa)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰous- ‎(“hear”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian, Dari, Sistani) IPA^(key): /ɡoːʃ/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡuːʃ/
• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɡuːʃ/

Noun

گوش • ‎(gôš) ‎(plural گوش‌ها ‎(gôš-hâ))

1. ear

Related terms

• گوشی ‎(gôši)
• گوشواره ‎(gôšvâre)
• گوش‌ د‌ادن ‎(gôš dâdan)
• گوش کردن ‎(gôš kardan)

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1973), “qūs | ġos”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 316, 317
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գոյշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 578b

1. ↑ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010), “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203