كوس

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See also: کوس, گوش, and كوش

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Persian کوس (kôs).

Pronunciation

Noun

كُوس (kūsm (plural كُوسَات (kūsāt))

  1. set square
  2. equilateral triangle for measuring
  3. (archaic) timbrel, small drum, or a kind thereof
Declension

Etymology 2

A borrowing from likely, as it is transmitted for some of the wind terms, the dialect of the Banū Huḏayl, belonging originally to the vocabulary of those who voyage upon the sea between Jidda and ʿAdan; possibly related to the idea of stooping, throwing head over heels in the verbs كَاسَ (kāsa), كَوَّسَ (kawwasa), likely from كَأْس (kaʔs, stoop, beaker), as a heavy wind topples a vessel.

Pronunciation

Noun

كَوْس (kawsm (Yemen, Oman, Al-Fujaira, uncountable)

  1. the headwind of a vessel on the sea
  2. particularly, the south-west wind, رِيح الكَوْس (rīḥ al-kaws), or مَوْسِم الكَوْس (mawsim al-kaws) meaning the south-west monsoon wind; the west wind being called رِيح الدَبُور (rīḥ al-dabūr), the south wind رِيح الْجَنُوب (rīḥ al-janūb), the north-east wind رِيح الأَزْيَب (rīḥ al-ʔazyab), or رِيح الصَبَا (rīḥ al-ṣabā)
    • 2011 July 6, “الأمواج العاتية تضرب سواحل كلباء والفجيرة”, in Al-Bayān:
      نجا المواطن (ح، ع) من منطقة رول دبا من الموت وذلك أثناء ممارسته هواية السباحة في تمام الساعة الرابعة قبالة شاطئ منطقة العقة برفقة أصدقائه، ونتيجة ارتفاع الموج مع بداية موسم الكوس الذي شهد بالأمس ارتفاعا كبيرا في مستويات موج البحر والتيارات البحرية، ما أدى إلى أن يجرفه ويذهب به إلى مكان أعمق، حيث تعرض إلى إصابات متفاوتة في أجزاء جسده جراء ذلك بعد أن قام رفاقه بإنقاذه وإسعافه، ليتم نقله على الفور إلى مستشفى دبا الفجيرة.
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Declension

Etymology 3

Root
ك و س (k-w-s)

Pronunciation 1

Noun

كَوْس (kawsm

  1. verbal noun of كَاسَ (kāsa) (form I)
Declension

Pronunciation 2

Verb

كَوَّسَ (kawwasa) II, non-past يُكَوِّسُ‎ (yukawwisu)

  1. to prostrate, to cut down the standing firmly of, to throw head over heels, to make lie inverse
Conjugation

References

  • Agius, Dionisius A. (2005) Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman: People of the Dhow, London: Kegan Paul Limited, page 193
  • Agius, Dionisius A. (2008) Classic Ships of Islam. From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 92), Leiden: Brill, page 187
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كوس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 70
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كوس”, 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 (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 943
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “أَزْيَب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1274
  • Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus (1911) “Zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 25, page 81
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “كوس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 900

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کوس (kôs, large kettledrum).

Noun

كوس (küs)

  1. kus, a sort of large kettledrum similar to timpani used by ancient Persians

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: kös

Further reading