قاموس

Arabic

FWOTD – 26 October 2017

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós). The sense of a dictionary stems from the title of Fayrūzābādiyy’s one which became popular.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.muːs/

Noun

قَامُوس (qāmūs) m (plural قَوَامِيس (qawāmīs))

  1. ocean
  2. dictionary, lexicon
    قَامُوسٌ جَيْبِيٌّ
    qāmūsun jaybiyyun
    pocket dictionary
    • 2014 August 30, “جديد أكسفورد قاموس رائد”, in Al-Akhbar:
      يضم القاموس الجديد أكثر من 130 ألف كلمة وعبارة
      The new dictionary covers more than 130 thousand words and expressions
    • 2012 September 23, “الجزيرة تدخل قاموس لاروس الفرنسي”, in Al Jazeera:
      وعرّفت "الجزيرة" في القاموس
      And Al Jazeera is defined in the dictionary

Declension

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Descendants


Malay

Noun

قاموس (plural قاموس-قاموس or قاموس۲, informal first-person singular possessive قاموسکو, impolite second-person singular possessive قاموسمو, third-person singular possessive قاموسڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of kamus

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

قاموس (kamus)

  1. dictionary
  2. ocean

Synonyms

Descendants


Pashto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑmos/

Noun

قاموس (qâmos) m

  1. (obsolete, rare) dictionary

Declension

Synonyms

  1. وييپانګه (wëyipânga)

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɢɒːˈmuːs]
  • (file)
Dari Persian قاموس
Iranian Persian قاموس
Tajiki Persian қомус (qomus)

Noun

قاموس (qâmus)

  1. dictionary
  2. ocean

Urdu

Etymology

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

Noun

قاموس (qāmūs) m (Hindi spelling क़ामूस)

  1. dictionary
  2. encyclopedia
  3. ocean

See also

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