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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Tajik ош (oš). See aush.
Noun
osh (uncountable)
- A Tajik dish of rice cooked with meat and oil; a kind of pilaf.
Anagrams
- HOS, Hos., OHS, OHs, SHO, Sho, Soh, hos, ohs, sho, sho', soh
Albanian
Etymology
A fossilized form of a rare osh (“harrow”), thus the original meaning was "trailing as a harrow".[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
osh m (definite oshi)
- (colloquial, uncountable) joy, satisfaction
- Synonym: kënaqësi
Declension
Adverb
osh
- (colloquial) trailing (along the ground), crawlingly
- Synonyms: zvarrë, rrëshqanë, zharg, branë
Verb
osh (aorist osha, participle oshur) (transitive)
- (colloquial, also intransitive) to shush, to silence
- Synonyms: pushoj, hesht
- (third person) to interrupt
- Synonyms: ndërpres, ndalet
- to pet, to caress
- Synonyms: ledhatoj, përkëdhel
References
Further reading
- “osh”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “osh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “osh”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 335
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from English hush.
Pronunciation
Verb
osh
- to hush, to comfort
2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 5:4:Aal a uu a baal nou, Gad bles dem, kaaz di taim a-go kom wen Gad a-go osh dem an mek dem api agen.- They are blessed who grieve, for God will comfort them.
Kalasha
Noun
osh
- Alternative spelling of oš
Narragansett
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *noᐧhϴa (“my father”).[1] Compare Massachusett ꝏshoh, ꝏsh, ꝏshe, which according to Trumbull literally means "he comes from him" (compare okásu).[2] Further cognates include Ojibwe -oos (“father”), noos (“my father”),[3] and Lenape nooch (“my father”), gooch (“your father”).[4]
Noun
osh anim
- father
Declension
Declension of osh (animate, 4 forms attested)
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singular
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plural
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locative
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unpossessed
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osh |
*osh-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) |
*osh-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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possessed forms
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first-person (my)
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nòsh |
*n'osh-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) |
*n'osh-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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second-person (your)
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còsh kòsh |
*k'osh-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) |
*k'osh-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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third-person (his, her)
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*w'osh |
*w'osh-og (-ock, -uck, -aug) |
*w'osh-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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References
- ^ Hewson, John (2017) “*noᐧhϴa”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
- ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, pages 113, 256
- ^ Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “noos”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary, University of Minnesota
- ^ Eben Norton Horsford, editor (1887), Zeisberger's Indian dictionary, Cambridge, MA: John Wilson and Son, →OCLC, page 72
Further reading
Uzbek
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian آش (âš).
Noun
osh (plural oshlar)
- food
- pilaf