وش

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian. Cognate with Persian خوش (xoš), which see for more.

Adjective

وش • (waš(š))

  1. tasty
  2. pleasant
  3. good, fine
  4. happy

Derived terms
  • وش وش (waš waš, “gently, slowly, steadily”, interjection or adverb)

Further reading
  • Geiger, Wilhelm (1890) Etymologie des Balūčī (in German), Munich: Academy Press, § 407, page 47
  • Korn, Agnes (2005) Towards a Historical Grammar of Balochi: Studies in Balochi Historical Phonology and Vocabulary (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 26)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 132, 226, 412
  • Mockler, Edward (1877) A Grammar of the Baloochee Language, as it is Spoken in Makrān (Ancient Gedrosia), in the Persi-Arabic and Roman Characters, London: Henry S. King & Co., § 148, page 113
  • Uppsala University (2024) “وش”, in Southern Baluchi Dictionary (Webonary) (in Baluchi), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2019.

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Assimilated form of Arabic وَجْه (wajh) based on a palatalized pronunciation of the -j- ([ɟ], [ʝ], [dʒ], [ʒ]), which is uncommon in northern Egypt. This word has traditionally been explained by positing that such a pronunciation was more prevalent in the past, but the evidence for this assumption has recently been subject to doubt. Alternatively, this word may be a loan from Saʽidi Arabic or from Levantine Arabic (cf. North Levantine Arabic وش (wišš), وج (wijj)).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [wɪʃː]

Noun

وش • (wišš) m (plural وشوش (wišū́š))

  1. (anatomy) face
  2. the front of something

References
  1. Manfred Woidich, Liesbeth Zack (2009) “The g/ğ-question in Egyptian Arabic revisited”, in E. Al-Wer, R. de Jong, editors, Arabic dialectology: in honour of Clive Holes on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday (Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics; 53), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 41-60
  2. Connolly, Magdalen M (2019 February 25) “Revisiting the Question of Ğīm from the Perspective of Judaeo-Arabic”, in Journal of Semitic Studies, volume 64, number 1, →DOI, pages 176-177

Najdi Arabic

Preposition

وش (wɪʃ)

  1. what
    وش اسمك؟
    What's your name?

North Levantine Arabic

Noun

وشّ • (wišš) m

  1. Alternative form of وج (wijj): face

Persian

Etymology 1

Akin to Old Armenian վուշ (vuš), Mazanderani وش (vaš, “flax”).

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? waš
Dari reading? waš
Iranian reading? vaš
Tajik reading? vaš

Noun

وش • (vaš)

  1. boll

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Suffix

وش • (-vaš)

  1. (rare) -like
    Synonym: ـمانند (-mânand)

See also
Persian terms suffixed with وش

Etymology 3

Borrowed from a Northwestern Iranian cognate of Persian خوش (xwaš) and thus a doublet of خوش (xwaš); see it for more.

Adjective

وش • (vaš)

  1. good, excellent, choice, beautiful, fair

References
  • Korn, Agnes (2005) Towards a Historical Grammar of Balochi: Studies in Balochi Historical Phonology and Vocabulary (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 26)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 132, footnote 298
  • Lentz, Wolfgang (1926) “Die nordiranischen Elemente in der neupersischen Literatursprache bei Firdosi”, in Zeitschrift für Indologie und Iranistik‎ (in German), volume 4, § 169, page 304 of 251–316
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “وش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1468
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