قوس و قزح

Persian

Etymology

Mistaken form of earlier قوس قزح (qows-e qazah), from Arabic قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ, literally “bow of the pre-Islamic Arab god Quzah”). It is not clear why the vowel shifted from /e/ to /o/.

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? ġowso ġazah

Noun

قوس و قزح • (qows o qazah)

  1. rainbow
    Synonym: رنگین کمان (rangin-kamân)
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