كوسه

See also: گوشه, كوشه, كوشة, کوسه, and كوسة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian کوسه (kôsa, “man with little beard”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kwsk' /⁠kōsag⁠/, “shark; *beardless”).

Noun

كوسه • (köse) (definite accusative كوسه‌یی (köseyi), plural كوسه‌لر (köseler))

  1. man sporting a thin or scanty beard, without being properly beardless

Adjective

كوسه • (köse)

  1. of little or scanty beard, but not totally beardless, thin-bearded
    Synonym: كوسه صقاللو (köse sakallı)
Derived terms
  • كوسه اورمان (köse orman, “forest with little trees”)
  • كوسه باشی (köse başı, “title given to an officer”)
  • كوسه صقاللو (köse sakallı, “with little beard”)
  • كوسه‌لك (köselik, “beard-scantiness”)
  • كوسه‌لنمك (köselenmek, “to become scant of beard”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: köse
  • → Albanian: qose
  • → Armenian: քէօսէ (kʻēōsē)
  • → Bulgarian: кьосе́ (kjosé)
  • → Macedonian: ќос (ḱos)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ćȍsav / ћо̏сав

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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

كوسه • (köse)

  1. Köse (a town and district of Gümüşhane Province, Turkey)
Descendants

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