kwšk'

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Middle Persian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (to bend, curve; arch, vault), with the original meaning possibly being "a room at the top corner of a castle", and related to Persian گوشه (guše, corner, angle) and Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀𐬐𐬀 (gaošaka, corner).[1]

Noun

kwšk' (kōšk)[2]

  1. pavilion
  2. palace

Descendants

Taking Middle Persian as representative for all Middle Iranian:

References

  1. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 146
  2. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kōšk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 51