بوس

See also: بؤس and پوش

Arabic

Noun

بَوْس • (bawsm

  1. verbal noun of بَاسَ (bāsa, to kiss) (form I)
  2. kissing

Declension

Declension of noun بَوْس (baws)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal بَوْس
baws
الْبَوْس
al-baws
بَوْس
baws
nominative بَوْسٌ
bawsun
الْبَوْسُ
al-bawsu
بَوْسُ
bawsu
accusative بَوْسًا
bawsan
الْبَوْسَ
al-bawsa
بَوْسَ
bawsa
genitive بَوْسٍ
bawsin
الْبَوْسِ
al-bawsi
بَوْسِ
bawsi

Persian

Etymology 1

Compare English buss.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bōs
Dari reading? bōs
Iranian reading? bus
Tajik reading? büs
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

بوس • (bus)

  1. kiss

Verb

بوس • (bus)

  1. present stem form of بوسیدن (busidan)

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بُؤْس (buʔs).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? būs
Dari reading? būs
Iranian reading? bus
Tajik reading? bus

Noun

بوس • (bus)

  1. humility, quell, adversity

References

  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “بوس”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 276b
  • Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname[2] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 157a