منکوس

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْكُوس (mankūs).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /man.ˈkuːs/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäŋ.kʰúːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäŋ.kʰúːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäŋ.kʰús]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæŋ.kʰúːs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäŋ.kʰús]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mankūs
Dari reading^?	mankūs
Iranian reading^?	mankus
Tajik reading^?	mankus

Adjective

منکوس • (mankus)

(archaic) upside down
- early 1500s, Ghiyās-ud-Dīn Mansūr Dashtakī, اخلاق منصورى [Manṣūrean Ethics]:
  در این دوران […] علم علم منکوس، و منشور جهل مشهور شده، و فضل فضول و فصاحت فضاحت، و اشعار عار، و نحو محو، و طب بط، و حکمت تحکم گشته.
  dar īn dawrān […] alam-i ilm mankūs, u manshūr-i jahl mašhūr šuda, u fazl fuzūl u fasāhat fazāhat, u aš'ār ār, u nahw mahw, u tibb bat, u hikmat tahakkum gašta.
  In this era […] the flag of knowledge is upside down, ignorant writings become famous, excellence becomes impertinent and eloquence ignominy, and poetry shameful, and grammar forgotten, and medicine useless, and wisdom has become usurped.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)