قشون

Persian

Alternative forms

قوشون (qōšūn / ġušun), قوشین (qōšīn / ġušin)

Etymology

From Turkic. Compare Turkish koşun, Azerbaijani qoşun, Uyghur قوشۇن (qoshun), Turkmen goşun, Uzbek qo‘shin, Kazakh қосын (qosyn), etc.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qu.ˈʃuːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qʊ.ʃuːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qʊ.ʃuːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qu.ʃun]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qo.ʃuːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɵ.ʃun]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qušūn
Dari reading^?	qušūn
Iranian reading^?	ġošun
Tajik reading^?	qüšun

Noun

قشون • (qušūn / ġošun) (Tajik spelling қӯшун)

(dated) army
(dated) troop

Synonyms

لشکر (laškar)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “قشون”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.