گوش

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *gauš-. Cognate with Persian گوش‎ (gôš).

Noun

گوش • (goš)

1. ear

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭱‎ (gōš), from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐏁 (gauša-, “ear”), from Proto-Iranian *gauš- (compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀‎ (gaoša-), Baluchi گوش‎ (goš), Kurdish guh, Ossetian хъус (qus) / гъос (ǧos), Old Armenian loanword գոյշ (goyš)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰauš- (compare Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰous- (“hear”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian, Dari, Sistani) IPA^(key): /ɡoːʃ/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡuːʃ/
• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɡɵːʃ/

Noun

گوش • (gôš) (plural گوش‌ها‎ (gôš-hâ))

1. ear

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1973), “qūs | ġos”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 316, 317
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գոյշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 578b