گش

See also: كس, کس, کش, and گس

Persian

Etymology 1

Apparently variant of خوش (xoš).

Alternative forms

• کش (kaš)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡaʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡäʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡäʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	gaš
Dari reading?	gaš
Iranian reading?	gaš
Tajik reading?	gaš

Adjective

گش • (gaš)

1. fine-looking, fair
2. high-spirited, proud

Derived terms

• گشی (gaši, “fair state, integrity, venusty”)

Etymology 2

Cognate to Sanskrit विष (viṣa, “poison”), विषा (viṣā, “Aconitum ferox”), whence بیش (biš, “aconite”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡuʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡuʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥oʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡuʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	guš
Dari reading?	guš
Iranian reading?	goš
Tajik reading?	guš

Noun

گش • (goš)

1. phlegm, humour
2. humour, mood

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “گش”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1004
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “گشی”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1010
• Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[4] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 711