گش

See also: كس, کس, کش, and گس

Persian

Etymology 1

Apparently variant of خوش (xoš).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? gaš
Dari reading? gaš
Iranian reading? gaš
Tajik reading? gaš

Adjective

گش • (gaš)

  1. fine-looking, fair
  2. high-spirited, proud
Derived terms
  • گشی (gaši, “fair state, integrity, venusty”)

Etymology 2

Cognate to Sanskrit विष (viṣa, “poison”), विषा (viṣā, “Aconitum ferox”), whence بیش (biš, “aconite”).[1]

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? guš
Dari reading? guš
Iranian reading? goš
Tajik reading? guš

Noun

گش • (goš)

  1. phlegm, humour
  2. humour, mood

References
  1. Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎ (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 87–88 Nr. 260

Further reading
  • Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “گش”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1004
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “گشی”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1010
  • Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎ (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 711
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