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Greek
Etymology
Possibly from Ottoman Turkish اوش اوشت (uş uşt, oş oşt) or only the latter اوشت (uşt, oşt) likely with multiple dialectal variants leading to the Turkish hoşt.
Highly likely, some kind of onomatopoeic sound, possibly conflated with the Turkish term. Compare French ouste, German husch, Hungarian hess and Irish hois, all onomatopoeic used to shoo an animal. For a similar phenomenon see English puss, Turkish pisi and Arabic بَسَّة (bassa), all likely onomatopoeic from the sound used to attract a cat.
Pronunciation
Interjection
ουστ • (oust)
- (colloquial, quite derogatory when used towards humans) shoo (used to get rid of animals and undesirable people)
- Ουστ, βρωμόσκυλο. ― Oust, vromóskylo. ― Shoo, dirty dog.
- Ουστ, γαϊδούρια! ― Oust, gaïdoúria! ― Shoo, donkeys.
Synonyms
- (verb, to shoo away): διώχνω (dióchno)