قشون

Persian

Alternative forms

  • قوشون (qôšun)[1]

Etymology

From Turkic. Compare Turkish koşun, Azerbaijani qoşun, Uyghur قوشۇن (qoshun), Turkmen goşun, Uzbek qo‘shin, Kazakh қосын (qosyn), etc.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qušūn, qōšūn
Dari reading? qušūn
Iranian reading? ġošun
Tajik reading? qüšun

Noun

Dari قشون
Iranian Persian
Tajik қӯшун

قشون • (qošun)

  1. (dated) army
  2. (dated) troop

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