قوس‌وقزح

Persian

Alternative forms

قوس و قزح (qaws u qazah / ġows o ġazah)
قوس‌قزح (qaws-i-qazah / ġows-e-ġazah), قوس قزح (qaws-i qazah / ġows-e ġazah)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic قَوْس (qaws)

Arabic قُزَح (quzaḥ)

Arabic قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ)bor.

Persian (qaws-i-qazah / ġows-e-ġazah)

Persian

Reinterpretation of earlier (qaws-i-qazah / ġows-e-ġazah) as a compound, from Arabic قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ, literally “bow of the pre-Islamic Arab god Quzah”). By surface analysis, (qaws / ġows, “bow”) +‎ (qazah / ġazah, “Quzah”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈqaw.su.qa.ˈzah/, /ˈqaw.su.qu.ˈzah/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qáw.sʊ.qä.záʱ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qáwsʊ.qä.zá]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qáwsu.qä.zá]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qów.so.ʁæ.zǽʱ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qáw.su.qä.záʱ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qáws-u-qazáh, qáws-u-quzáh
Dari reading^?	qaws-u-qazah
Iranian reading^?	ġows-o-ġazah
Tajik reading^?	qavs-u-qazah

(Tajrish) IPA^(key): /ˈkow.se ka.ˈzah/

Noun

قوس‌و قزح • (qaws-u-qazah / ġows-o-ġazah) (Tajik spelling қавсуқазаҳ)

(dated) rainbow
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:رنگین‌کمان

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: qövsi-qüzeh
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: क़ौस-ए-क़ुज़ह (qaus-e-quzah)

Urdu: قَوسِ قَزَح (qaus-i qazah)