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Malay
Etymology
From Dutch kost, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French cost, from Latin constare, present infinitive of consto (“I stand firm (at a price)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
کوس (Rumi spelling kos, plural کوس-کوس or کوس۲, informal 1st possessive کوسکو, 2nd possessive کوسمو, 3rd possessive کوسڽ)
- Jawi spelling of kos
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Pashto
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kuḱis (“(female) pubic hair; vulva”). Cognate to Persian کس (kos); related also to Hindi कोख (kokh).
Pronunciation
Noun
کوس • (kwës) m
- vagina
- vulva
Further reading
Persian
Etymology 1
Cognate with Sogdian (kws, “drum”), Khotanese kūsa- (“vessel; drum”), etc.
Noun
کوس • (kôs)
- Kus, a large ancient Persian drum akin to a timpani.
Descendants
- → Arabic: كُوس (kūs)
- → Middle Armenian: գոս (gos), քօզ (kʻōz)
- → Ottoman Turkish: كوس (küs)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کوس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Bailey, H. W. (1934) “Iranica (II)”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, number 3, page 515
- Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 64a
Etymology 2
Noun
کوس • (kos)
- (vulgar, slang) Alternative form of کس (kos)
Etymology 3
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Κῶς (Kôs).
Proper noun
کوس • (kôs)
- Kos or Cos (Greek island of the Dodecanese)
- جزیره کوس ― Kos Island