kwšk'

Middle Persian

Etymology

Probably a nominal formation from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve; arch, vault”), with the original meaning possibly being "a room at the top corner of a castle", and related to Persian (guše, “corner, angle”) and Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀𐬐𐬀 (gaošaka, “corner”).^[1] See also Proto-Slavic *kòšь (“basket”).

Noun

kwšk' • (kōšk)^[2]

Descendants

Persian: کوشک (kôšk), کوشه (kôša)
- Tajik: кӯшк (küšk)
- → Azerbaijani: köşk
- → Ottoman Turkish: كوشك (köşk, kuşk)
  - Turkish: köşk
  - → Armenian: քյոշկ (kʻyošk)
  - → Czech: kiosek
  - → Italian: chiosco (see there for further descendants)
  - → Romanian: chioșc
- → Turkmen: köşk

Taking Middle Persian as representative for all Middle Iranian:

→ Classical Syriac: ܓܘܫܩܐ (gawšāqā)
- → Arabic: جوسق (jawsaq, jūsaq)
→ Georgian: კოშკი (ḳošḳi)
→ Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: קושקא (qōšqā)

References

^ Nourai, Ali (2011), An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 146
^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kōšk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 51

[1] Nourai, Ali (2011), An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 146

[2] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kōšk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 51

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