قاموس

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Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós). Sense 1 stems from the title of Fayrūzābādiyy’s one which became popular.

Pronunciation

Noun

قَامُوس (qāmūsm (plural قَوَامِيس (qawāmīs))

  1. dictionary, lexicon
    Synonym: مُعْجَم (muʕjam)
    قَامُوسٌ جَيْبِيٌّqāmūsun jaybiyyunpocket dictionary
    • 2014 August 30, “جديد أكسفورد قاموس رائد”, in Al-Akhbar:
      يَضُمُّ ٱلْقَامُوسُ ٱلْجَدِيدُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ 130 أَلْفَ كَلِمَةٍ وَعِبَارَةٍ
      yaḍummu l-qāmūsu l-jadīdu ʔakṯara min 130 ʔalfa kalimatin waʕibāratin
      The new dictionary covers more than 130 thousand words and expressions
  2. (obsolete) ocean
    Synonyms: مُحِيط (muḥīṭ), خِضَمّ (ḵiḍamm)

Declension

Descendants

Malay

Noun

قاموس (plural قاموس-قاموس or قاموس۲, informal 1st possessive قاموسکو, 2nd possessive قاموسمو, 3rd possessive قاموسڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of kamus

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Noun

قاموس (kamus)

  1. dictionary
    Synonym: فرهنك (ferhenk)
  2. ocean
    Synonyms: عمان (ummân), اقیانوس (okyanus), بحر محیط (bahr-ı muhit)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قاموس”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1039

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

Noun

قاموس (qāmusm

  1. (obsolete, rare) dictionary
    Synonym: وييپانګه (wëyipânga)

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qāmūs
Dari reading? qāmūs
Iranian reading? ğâmus
Tajik reading? qomus
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari قاموس
Iranian Persian
Tajik қомус

قاموس (qâmus)

  1. dictionary
  2. ocean

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

Noun

قامُوس (qāmūsm (Hindi spelling क़ामूस)

  1. dictionary
    Synonyms: شَبْدَکوش (śabdakoś), لُغَت (luġat)
  2. encyclopedia
    Synonyms: دائِرَۃُ الْمَعارِف (dāiratu l-ma'ārif), کِتابُ الْمَعارِف (kitābu l-ma'ārif), اِنْسائِیکِلوپِیڈْیا (insāīkilopīḍyā)
  3. ocean
    Synonym: اُقْیانُوس (uqyānūs)

References

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قاموس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • قاموس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.