قوس قزح
Arabic
Etymology
Literally, “bow of Quzah”, named after Quzah, a pre-Islamic Arab god of weather.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qaws qu.zaħ/
Noun
قَوْس قُزَح • (qaws quzaḥ) m (plural أَقْوَاس قُزَح (ʔaqwās quzaḥ))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | قَوْس قُزَح qaws quzaḥ |
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| nominative | — | قَوْسُ قُزَحَ qawsu quzaḥa |
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| accusative | — | قَوْسَ قُزَحَ qawsa quzaḥa |
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| genitive | — | قَوْسِ قُزَحَ qawsi quzaḥa |
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| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | — | قَوْسَيْ قُزَح qawsay quzaḥ |
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| nominative | — | قَوْسَا قُزَحَ qawsā quzaḥa |
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| accusative | — | قَوْسَيْ قُزَحَ qawsay quzaḥa |
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| genitive | — | قَوْسَيْ قُزَحَ qawsay quzaḥa |
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| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | أَقْوَاس قُزَح ʔaqwās quzaḥ |
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| nominative | — | أَقْوَاسُ قُزَحَ ʔaqwāsu quzaḥa |
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| accusative | — | أَقْوَاسَ قُزَحَ ʔaqwāsa quzaḥa |
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| genitive | — | أَقْوَاسِ قُزَحَ ʔaqwāsi quzaḥa |
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Descendants
- → Gulf Arabic: قز قزح (quzquzaḥ) (learned)
- → Hijazi Arabic: قوس قزح (gōs guzaḥ) (learned)
- → Persian: قوس و قزح (qows o qazah)
- → Azerbaijani: qövsi-qüzeh
- → Urdu: قوس قزح
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Arabic قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoːs ɡu.zaħ/
- IPA(key): [qo̞ːs qʊzaħ] (common pronunciation)
Noun
قوس قزح • (gōs guzaḥ) m (plural أقواس قزح (ʔagwās guzaḥ))
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qaws qu.zaħ/, /quːs qu.zaħ/
Noun
قوس قزح • (qaws quzaḥ, qūs quzaḥ) m (plural قواس قزح (qwās quzaḥ))
- rainbow
- Synonyms: قوس النبي (qaws en-nbī, qūs en-nbī), حزام لالة فاطمة الزهرا (ḥzām lālla fāṭima z-zuhra), عروسة السما (ʕrūsit es-smā), عروسة الشتا (ʕrūsit eš-štā)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قوس قزح (qaws-i-quzah), from Arabic قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qɔːs‿eː‿qʊ.zəɦ/, [qɔːs‿eː‿qʊ.zɑː]
Noun
قَوسِ قُزَح • (qaus-e-quzah) f (Hindi spelling क़ौस-ए-क़ुज़ह)
Further reading
- “قوس+قزح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.