آغوش
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾkwš /āgōš/, “embrace”) or Middle Persian 𐫀𐫀𐫇𐫢 (ʾʾwš, “armful”), which go back to different Old Iranian forms, the former with */k/ and the latter with */g/; the two may have merged in New Persian.[1] Compare Mazanderani کشه (kaše), Sogdian [script needed] (qwš(y) /kōš, kuši, kuše/), Sarikoli maɣɛwl (“in an embrace”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaː.ˈɣoːʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑː.ɣoːʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒː.ɢuːʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔ.ʁɵʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | āġōš |
| Dari reading? | āġōš |
| Iranian reading? | âġuš |
| Tajik reading? | oġüš |
Noun
| Dari | آغوش |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | оғӯш |
آغوش • (âġuš)
- embrace; arms
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 15”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ][1]:
- خوابم بشد از دیده در این فکر جگرسوز
کآغوش که شد منزل آسایش و خوابت؟- xwāb-am bišud az dīda dar īn fikr-i jigarsōz
k-āġōš-i ki šud manzil-i āsāyiš u xwāb-at - Sleep left my eyes because of this heart-burning thought—
Whose embrace will be the place for your rest and sleep?
- xwāb-am bišud az dīda dar īn fikr-i jigarsōz
- armful
Derived terms
- دَر آغوش گِرِفتَن (dar âġuš gereftan, “to embrace”)
Descendants
References
- ^ Sims-Williams, Nicholas (1979) “A Pakthian sound-change”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, volume 42, number 1
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آغوش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “آغوش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آغوش (āġōš), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾkwš /āgōš/, “embrace”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑː.ɣoːʃ/
- Rhymes: -oːʃ
Noun
آغوش • (āġoś) f (Hindi spelling आग़ोश)
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], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- 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.