خاموش

See also: جاموس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خاموش (xâmuš, “silent”).

Adjective

خاموش • (hamuş)

  1. quiet, silent, free of sound or noise
    Synonym: صوص (sus)
  2. silent, mute, taciturn, not speaking
  3. (of fire or light) extinguished, put out
  4. (of tears) dried up, stanched, ceased
  5. (of a beast) quiet, tractable, docile

Derived terms
  • خاموشان (hamuşan, “cemetery”)
  • خاموشلق (hamuşluk, “silence”)
  • خاموشی (hamuşî, “silence”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: hamuş

Interjection

خاموش • (hamuş)

  1. quiet, be still
    Synonym: صوص (sus)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian hʾmwš (xāmōš, “silent”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to forget”); cognates include Latvian aizmirst (“to forget”). Compare also Old Armenian համր (hamr).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xɑː.móːʃ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [xɑː.móːʃ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [xɔː.mʊ́ːʃ]

Readings
Classical reading? xāmōš
Dari reading? xāmōš
Iranian reading? xâmuš
Tajik reading? xomüš

Adjective

خَاموش • (xâmuš) (comparative خَاموش‌تَر (xâmuš-tar), superlative خَاموش‌تَرین (xâmuš-tarin))

  1. quiet
  2. silent
  3. off

Descendants
  • → Armenian: խամուշ (xamuš)
  • → Azerbaijani: xamuş
  • → Bengali: খামোশ (khamōś)
  • → Georgian: ხამუში (xamuši), ხამუშ-ხამუშ (xamuš-xamuš)
  • → Gujarati: ખામોશ (khāmoś)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ख़ामोश (xāmoś)
    Urdu: خاموش (xāmoś)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خاموش (hamuş)
    • Turkish: hamuş
  • → Punjabi: khāmoś
    Gurmukhi: ਖਮੋਸ਼ (khāmoś)
    Shahmukhi: خاموش (xāmoś)

References
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 306

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَاموش (xâmôš).

Pronunciation

Adjective

خاموش • (xāmoś) (Hindi spelling ख़ामोश)

  1. quiet
  2. silent
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