# घोष
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɡʱoːʂ/, [ɡʱoːʃ]

### Noun

घोष • (ghoṣ) m (Urdu spelling گھوش)
* sound; noise
* voice
* (linguistics) voiced sound
* station of herdsmen

#### Declension
### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “घोष”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

From Old Marathi 𑘑𑘻𑘬 (ghoṣa), from Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡʱoʂ/

### Noun

घोष • (ghoṣ) m
* deep, continuous, loud sound

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “घोष”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “घोष”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “घोष”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.

## Old Marathi
### Noun

घोष (ghoṣa) m
* Devanagari form of 𑘑𑘻𑘬 (ghoṣa)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ঘোষ (Assamese script)
* ᬖᭀᬱ (Balinese script)
* ঘোষ (Bengali script)
* 𑰑𑰺𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀖𑁄𑀱 (Brahmi script)
* ဃောၑ (Burmese script)
* ઘોષ (Gujarati script)
* ਘੋਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌘𑍋𑌷 (Grantha script)
* ꦓꦺꦴꦰ (Javanese script)
* 𑂐𑂷𑂭 (Kaithi script)
* ಘೋಷ (Kannada script)
* ឃោឞ (Khmer script)
* ໂຆຩ (Lao script)
* ഘോഷ (Malayalam script)
* ᢚᠣᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘑𑘻𑘬 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠾᠣᠸᠠᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦱𑧜𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐑𑑀𑐲 (Newa script)
* ଘୋଷ (Odia script)
* ꢕꣂꢰ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆔𑆾𑆰 (Sharada script)
* 𑖑𑖺𑖬 (Siddham script)
* ඝොෂ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩟𑩕𑪀 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚍𑚴 (Takri script)
* கே⁴ாஷ (Tamil script)
* ఘోష (Telugu script)
* โฆษ (Thai script)
* གྷོ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒒𑒼𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨎𑨆𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰáwṣas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas (“noise, sound”) (compare Persian گوش (gôš)), from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾ʰéw-sos, from *g⁽ʷ⁾ʰew- (“to heed, perceive”). Probably cognate with Proto-Germanic *gaumō (“heed, attention”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡʱɐ́w.ʂɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɡʱoː.ʂɐ/

### Noun

घोष • (ghóṣa) stem, m
* indistinct noise, tumult, sound
* cry, confused cries of a multitude, battle cry, cries of victory, cries of woe or distress, holler, yell
* the sound of a drum, conch shell, Soma stones, a carriage, etc.
* the whizzing or whir of a bowstring, crackling of fire, singing in the ear
* the roaring of a storm, thunder, water, etc.
* the sound of the recital of prayers
* the sound of words spoken at a distance
* rumor, report (also personified)
* a proclamation
* a sound (of speech)
* the soft (voiced) sound heard in the articulation of the sonant consonants, the vowels, and anusvara which with the Yamas of the first 10 of the soft consonants make up altogether 40 sounds
* an ornament that makes a tinkling sound
* station of herdsmen
* (in the plural) herdsmen

#### Derived terms

* घोषक (ghoṣaka)
* घोषण (ghoṣaṇa)
* घोषणा (ghoṣaṇā)

#### Related terms

* घोषति (ghoṣati)

#### Descendants

* Helu Prakrit:
** Sinhalese: ගොස (gosa)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀖𑁄𑀲 (ghosa)
** Old Marathi: घोसा (ghosā)
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Sindhi: گۇهو (gūho)
** Punjabi: ਘੋ (gho)
* Pali: ghosa
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀖𑁄𑀲 (ghosa)
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: घोस (ghos)
    Urdu: گهوس (ghos)
* → Assamese: ঘোষ (ghüx) (learned)
* → Bengali: ঘোষ (ghōś) (learned)
* → Hindustani: (learned)
    Hindi: घोष (ghoṣ)
    Urdu: گھوش (ghoṣ)
* → Malayalam: ഘോഷം (ghōṣaṁ) (learned)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘑𑘻𑘬 (ghoṣa) (learned)
** Marathi: घोष (ghoṣ)
* → Odia: ଘୋଷ (ghosha) (learned)
* → Tamil: கோஷம் (kōṣam), கோடம் (kōṭam)
* → Telugu: ఘోష (ghōṣa) (learned)

### References

* ↑ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010) “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 518-9
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “घोष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 378/1.

### Further reading

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghṓṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press