دوش

Borrowed from French douche.

• IPA^(key): /duːʃ/

دُوش • (dūš) m (plural دُوشَات (dūšāt))

1. shower (bathing)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “دوش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Borrowed from French douche.

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːʃ/

دوش • (dūš) m (plural دوشات (dūšāt))

1. showerhead

• مرْوَش (marwaš, mirwaš, “shower”)

From Old Anatolian Turkish دوش, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tǖĺ (“dream”).

دوش • (düş) (definite accusative دوشی (düşü), plural دوشلر (düşler))

1. dream

• Gagauz: düş
• Turkish: düş

From French douche.

دوش • (duş) (definite accusative دوشی (duşu), plural دوشلر (duşlar))

1. shower

• Turkish: duş

• Redhouse, J. W. (1884) “sea”, in A Lexicon, English and Turkish, 3rd edition, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 264
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دوش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 587

Borrowed from French douche.

دوش • (duš)

1. shower (bathing)

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwš /⁠dōš⁠/),^[1] from Old Persian [script needed] (dauš), from Proto-Iranian *dáwš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáwš, from Proto-Indo-European *dóws (“forearm”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬱 (daoš, “forearm”) and Sanskrit दोषन् (doṣan, “forearm”).

دوش • (dōš / duš) (Tajik spelling дӯш)

1. shoulder

   Synonyms: شانه (šāna / šâne), کتف (kitf / ketf), سفت (suft / soft)

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwš /⁠dōš⁠/),^[1] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dawšáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dowséh₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬱 (daoš, “night, last night”) and Sanskrit दोषा (doṣā, “darkness; night”).

دوش • (dōš / duš) (Tajik spelling дӯш)

1. last night

   Synonym: دیشب (dīšab / dišab)

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (dwš /⁠dōš⁠/),^[1] from Old Persian [script needed] (*dáuxšatiy), from Proto-Iranian *dáwxšati (“to milk”); see there for more.

دوش • (dōš / duš) (Tajik spelling дӯш)

1. present stem form of دوشیدن (dōšīdan / dušidan, “to milk”)
2. present stem form of دوختن (dōxtan / duxtan, “(archaic) to milk”)

Borrowed from French douche.

• IPA^(key): /duʃʃ/, [dʊʃ]

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دوش • (dušš, dūš) m

1. shower

• تدوّش (tdawwaš, “to shower”)

Borrowed from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪oːʃ/
• Rhymes: -oːʃ

دوش • (doś) m (Hindi spelling दोष)

1. blame, fault

   Synonym: قُصُور (qusūr)

2. accusation

   Synonyms: اِلْزام (ilzām), آروپ (ārop)

• “دوش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دوش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.