قوش

See also: قوس and قۇش

Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوش (kuş, “the rump or hock of a horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /quːʃ/

Noun

قُوش • (qūš) m (plural أَقْوَاش (ʔaqwāš))

1. crupper (thong to keep the saddle from sliding forth)

Declension

Declension of noun قُوش (qūš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُوش qūš	الْقُوش al-qūš	قُوش qūš
Nominative	قُوشٌ qūšun	الْقُوشُ al-qūšu	قُوشُ qūšu
Accusative	قُوشًا qūšan	الْقُوشَ al-qūša	قُوشَ qūša
Genitive	قُوشٍ qūšin	الْقُوشِ al-qūši	قُوشِ qūši
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُوشَيْن qūšayn	الْقُوشَيْن al-qūšayn	قُوشَيْ qūšay
Nominative	قُوشَانِ qūšāni	الْقُوشَانِ al-qūšāni	قُوشَا qūšā
Accusative	قُوشَيْنِ qūšayni	الْقُوشَيْنِ al-qūšayni	قُوشَيْ qūšay
Genitive	قُوشَيْنِ qūšayni	الْقُوشَيْنِ al-qūšayni	قُوشَيْ qūšay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَقْوَاش ʔaqwāš	الْأَقْوَاش al-ʔaqwāš	أَقْوَاش ʔaqwāš
Nominative	أَقْوَاشٌ ʔaqwāšun	الْأَقْوَاشُ al-ʔaqwāšu	أَقْوَاشُ ʔaqwāšu
Accusative	أَقْوَاشًا ʔaqwāšan	الْأَقْوَاشَ al-ʔaqwāša	أَقْوَاشَ ʔaqwāša
Genitive	أَقْوَاشٍ ʔaqwāšin	الْأَقْوَاشِ al-ʔaqwāši	أَقْوَاشِ ʔaqwāši

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قوش”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 515
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قوش”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 834
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قوش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 932
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قوش”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1065

Chagatai

Etymology 1

From Common Turkic *kuš (“bird”), from Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (“bird”).

Noun

قوش (quş)

1. bird
2. butterfly
3. presage, omen

Descendants

• Uyghur: قۇش (qush)
• Uzbek: qush

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

قوش (qoş)

1. drove, team, pair, yoke
2. camp, companions, troop, group
3. station, tent, house; house utensils, supellex

Khalaj

Noun

قوُش (quş) (definite accusative قوُشوُ, plural قوُشلار)

1. Arabic spelling of quş (“sparrow”)

Declension

Declension of قوش

	singular	plural
nominative	قوش	قوشلار
genitive	قوشؽݧ	قوشلارؽݧ
dative	قوشقا	قوشلارقا
definite accusative	قوشؽ	قوشلارؽ
locative	قوشچا	قوشلارچا
ablative	قوشدا	قوشلاردا
instrumental	قوشلا	قوشلارلا
equative	قوشوارا	قوشلاروارا

Ottoman Turkish

قوشلر

Etymology 1

Inherited from Common Turkic *kuš (“bird”), from Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (“bird”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰽 (kuş), Azerbaijani quş, Bashkir ҡош (qoş), Kazakh құс (qūs), Kyrgyz куш (kuş), Turkmen guş, Uyghur قۇش (qush) and Uzbek qush.

Noun

قوش • (kuş)

1. bird, any member of the class of animals Aves, characterized by having feathers and wings

   Synonyms: طیر (tayr), مرغ (murg)

Derived terms

• آردج قوشی (ardıç kuşu, “thrush”)
• آری قوشی (arı kuşu, “bee-eater”)
• آوجی قوشی (avcı kuşu, “bird of prey”)
• انجیر قوشی (incir kuşu, “figpecker”)
• اورمجك قوشی (örümcek kuşu, “shrike”)
• تارلا قوشی (tarla kuşu, “lark”)
• جنت قوشی (cennet kuşu, “bird of paradise”)
• دوه قوشی (deve kuşu, “ostrich”)
• سقا قوشی (saka kuşu, “pelican; goldfinch”)
• قار قوشی (kar kuşu, “snow bunting”)
• قره قوش (kara kuş, “eagle; spavin”)
• قوش اوزومی (kuş üzümü, “Zante currants”)
• قوش باشی (kuş başı, “bird's head”)
• قوش بورونی (kuş burunu, “beak”)
• قوش دلی (kuş dili, “winged seeds of the ash tree”)
• قوش سودی (kuş südü, “any non-existing thing”)
• قوش قنادی (kuş kanadı, “a bird's wing”)
• قوش قونماز (kuş konmaz, “asparagus”)
• قوش كباب (kuş kebab, “meat roasted on skewers”)
• قوش كرازی (kuş kirazı, “bird cherry”)
• قوش لوقومی (kuş lokumu, “kind of sweet cake”)
• قوش گبی (kuş gibi, “birdlike”)
• قوشباز (kuşbaz, “bird fancier”)
• قوشجی (kuşcu, “bird catcher”)
• قوشخانه (kuşhane, “aviary”)
• قوشلق (kuşluk, “aviary”)
• قوشلو (kuşlu, “abounding with birds”)
• چكركه قوشی (çekirge kuşu, “starling”)
• چیل قوشی (çil kuşu, “grey partridge”)
• یوند قوشی (yund kuşu, “wagtail”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kuş
• → Armenian: ղուշ (ġuš)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kuş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2860
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قوش”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[4], Vienna: F. Beck, page 375a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[5], Constantinople: Mihran, page 982
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Avis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[6], Vienna, column 104
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قوش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[7], Vienna, column 3794
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kuş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1487

قوش

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *koĺ- (“pair, couple, to join, unite”), the same root of قوشمق (koşmak, “to connect, join, attach”). Cognate with Chagatai قوش (qoş), Kazakh қос (qos), Khakas хос (xos), Kyrgyz кош (koş), Southern Altai кош (koš) and Yakut хос (qos).

Noun

قوش • (koş)

1. yoke, team, a pair of draught animals, especially oxen, yoked together to pull something

   Synonym: چفت (çift)

Derived terms

• قوش قوشمق (koş koşmak, “to put to or drive a pair of beasts”)

Descendants

• Turkish: koş

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “koş1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2756
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[9], Constantinople: Mihran, page 983
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[10], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1488

قوشلر

Etymology 3

Compare قوسقون (kuskun, “crupper”), Turkish kaşka (“white spot on the forehead of animals”) and Kazakh құйысқан (qūiysqan).

Noun

قوش • (kuş)

1. rump or hock of a horse, cavity on the croupe of a steed
2. bald spot on the rump of an old horse

Descendants

• → Arabic: قُوش (qūš)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[11], Constantinople: Mihran, page 983
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[12], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1487

Persian

Etymology

From a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (“bird”), cognate to Ottoman Turkish قوش (kuş), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰽 (qus¹), Azerbaijani quş, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Iran) IPA^(key): [ɢuːʃ]

Noun

قوش • (quš)

1. falcon
2. hawk

Descendants

• → Gujarati: કૂશ (kūś)