قوغوش

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • قوغش (koğuş), قووش (kovuş)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *koguĺ (“tree hollow”); cognate with Azerbaijani koğuş, Bashkir ҡыуыш (qıwış), Chuvash хӑвӑл (hăvăl), Kazakh қуыс (quys), Kumyk къувуш (quwuş), Kyrgyz кууш (kuuş) and Yakut куоһаах (kuohaaq).

Noun

قوغوش • (koğuş) (definite accusative قوغوشی (koğuşu), plural قوغوشلر (koğuşlar))

  1. joist, a piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths of a ceiling are nailed
    Synonym: كریش (kiriş)
  2. dormitory, a room, building, or part of a building containing a number of beds and often some other furniture and/or utilities
    Synonym: یاتاقخانه (yatakhâne)
  3. ward, a type of subdivision, especially a section of a prison, or a part of a hospital, furnished with beds, where patients reside

Derived terms

  • طولومبه‌جی قوغوشی (tulumbacı koğuşu, “fire station”)
  • قوغوش آغاجی (koğuş ağacı, “baulk, joist”)
  • قوغوش طوتمق (koğuş tutmak, “to hold the arms akimbo”)
  • قوغان (koğan, “hive, skep, apiary”)
  • قوغوق (koğuk, “hollow, cavity”)
  • قوف (kof, “hollow; rotten”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: koğuş
  • → Armenian: խօվուշ (xōvuš), կավուշ (kavuš)

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