قوس

Compare Ugaritic 𐎖𐎌𐎚 (qšt), Akkadian 𒄑𒉼 (qaštum), Hebrew קֶשֶׁת (qéšeṯ), Ge'ez ቀስት (ḳäst), ቀሥት (ḳäśt), ቀስተም (ḳästäm), ቀስታም (ḳästam), Amharic ቀስት (ḳäst), Tigrinya ቀስቲ (ḳästi), Tigre ቀሽ (ḳäš).

• IPA^(key): /qa.wi.sa/

قَوِسَ • (qawisa) I (non-past يَقْوَسُ (yaqwasu), verbal noun قَوَس (qawas))

1. to be/become bent/curved
2. to form or make a curved shape

• IPA^(key): /qaw.wa.sa/

قَوَّسَ • (qawwasa) II (non-past يُقَوِّسُ (yuqawwisu), verbal noun تَقْوِيس (taqwīs))

1. to bend, to curve, to write

• IPA^(key): /qaws/

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قَوْس • (qaws) m or f (plural أَقْواس (ʔaqwās) or قُسِيّ (qusiyy) or قِسِيّ (qisiyy))

1. bow, curve, twist
2. (weaponry) bow
3. (architecture) bow, arch, vault
4. (typography) parenthesis, bracket

• قَوْسُ قُزَح (qawsu quzaḥ, “rainbow”)
•  قَوْسِيّ (qawsiyy)
• قُوَيْس (quways, diminutive)
• قَوِسَ (qawisa, “to be bent or curved”)
• قَاسَ (qāsa, “to get the lead of; to determine the measure of”)
• قَوَّاس (qawwās)
• قَوَّسَ (qawwasa, “to bend, to curve”)
• قَاوَسَ (qāwasa, “to compare oneself to”)
• تَقَوَّسَ (taqawwasa, “to become curved or bent”)
• اِقْتَاسَ (iqtāsa, “to compare oneself to”)

• Maltese: qaws
• → Azerbaijani: qövs
• → Ge'ez: ቀውስ (ḳäws)
• → Classical Malay: kaus
  • Malay: kaus
    • Indonesian: kaus
• → Ottoman Turkish: قوس (kavs, kavis)
  • Turkish: kavis
  • Crimean Tatar: qavus

From Arabic قَوْس (qaws).

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /qoːs/

قوس • (qōs) m (plural اقواس (aqwās))

1. arch
2. bow (tool)

From Arabic قَوْس (qaws).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːs/,

قوس • (gōs) m (plural أَقْواس (ʔagwās))

1. arch
2. bow (used in hunting or wars)

From Arabic قَوْس (qaws).

• IPA^(key): /ʔoːs/,

قوس • (ʔōs) m (plural أقواس (ʔaʔwās))

1. arch, bow
2. rainbow
3. (astrology) Sagittarius

Signs of the Zodiac · الأبراج (il-ʔabrāj)
الحمل (il-ḥamal, “Aries”)	التور (it-tōr, “Taurus”)	الجوزاء (il-jōzāʔ, “Gemini”)	السرطان (is-saraṭān, “Cancer”)
الأسد (il-ʔasad, “Leo”)	العذراء (il-ʕazrāʔ, “Virgo”)	الميزان (il-mīzān, “Libra”)	العقرب (il-ʕaqrab, “Scorpio”)
القوس (il-ʔōs, “Sagittarius”)	الجدي (il-jidi, “Capricorn”)	الدلو (id-dalu, “Aquarius”)	الحوت (il-ḥūt, “Pisces”)