امس
Burushaski
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [amis]
Pronoun
امس (amis)
- (interrogative) which...?
References
- Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025) “amis”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.
Malay
Noun
امس (plural امس-امس or امس٢)
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَمْس (ʔams).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈʔams/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäms]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæms]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäms]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ams |
| Dari reading? | ams |
| Iranian reading? | ams |
| Tajik reading? | ams |
Noun
امس • (ams) (Tajik spelling амс)
- (obsolete, literary) yesterday
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 119:
- خود غریبی در جهان چون شمس نیست
شمس جان باقیی کش امس نیست- xwad ġarībē dar jahān čōn šams nēst
šams-i jān-i bāqīyē k-aš ams nēst - There is nothing in the world so wondrous strange as the Sun, the everlasting spiritual Sun which hath no yesterday.
- xwad ġarībē dar jahān čōn šams nēst