آغوش

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.ɣoːʃ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.ɣoːʃ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔɔː.ɣʊːʃ]

Readings
Classical reading? āğōš
Dari reading? āğōš
Iranian reading? âğuš
Tajik reading? oġüš

Noun
Dari آغوش‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik оғӯш

آغوش • (âğuš)

  1. embrace; arms
  2. armful

Derived terms
  • دَر آغوش گِرِفتَن‎ (dar âğuš gereftan)

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: ağuş
  • → Gujarati: આગોશ (āgoś)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: आग़ोश (āġoś)
    Urdu: آغوش‎ (āġoś)
  • → Turkish: aguş

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

آغوش • (āġoś) f (Hindi spelling आग़ोश)

  1. embrace
    Synonym: (rare) آلِنگَن‎ (āliṅgan)

Further reading
  • “آغوش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “آغُوش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • 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.
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