# قاموس
## Arabic
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós). Sense 1 stems from the title of Firuzabadi’s dictionary, the The Encompassing ὠκεανός, which became popular.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qaː.muːs/
** (Hijazi) IPA: [qaː.muːs], [ɡaː.muːs]

### Noun

قَامُوس • (qāmūs) m (plural قَوَامِيس (qawāmīs))
* dictionary, lexicon
    Synonym: مُعْجَم (muʕjam)
    قَامُوسٌ جَيْبِيٌّ ― qāmūsun jaybiyyun ― pocket dictionary
** 2014 August 30, “جديد أكسفورد قاموس رائد”, in Al-Akhbar‎:يَضُمُّ ٱلْقَامُوسُ ٱلْجَدِيدُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ 130 أَلْفَ كَلِمَةٍ وَعِبَارَةٍyaḍummu l-qāmūsu l-jadīdu ʔakṯara min 130 ʔalfa kalimatin waʕibāratinThe new dictionary covers more than 130 thousand words and expressions
* (obsolete) ocean
    Synonyms: مُحِيط (muḥīṭ), خِضَمّ (ḵiḍamm)

#### Descendants

* → Hausa: ƙamus
* → Malay: kamus
** → Indonesian: kamus
* → Maranao: kamos
* → Northern Kurdish: qamûs
* → Ottoman Turkish: قاموس (kamus)
** Turkish: kamus
* → Pashto: قاموس (qâmos)
* → Persian: قاموس (qâmus)
** Tajik: қомус (qomus)
* → Somali: qaamuus
* → Sundanese: kamus
* → Swahili: kamusi
** → Kikuyu: kamusi
** → Luhya: ekamusi
** → Meru: kamusi
* → Urdu: قاموس (qāmūs)
* → Uyghur: قامۇس (qamus)

## Malay
### Noun

قاموس (plural قاموس-قاموس or قاموس۲, informal 1st possessive قاموسکو, 2nd possessive قاموسمو, 3rd possessive قاموسڽ)
* Jawi spelling of kamus‎

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

### Noun

قاموس • (kamus)
* dictionary
    Synonym: فرهنك (ferhenk)
* ocean
    Synonyms: عمان (ummân), اقیانوس (okyanus), بحر محیط (bahr-ı muhit)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: kamus

### Further reading

* Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قاموس”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1039

## Pashto
### Etymology

From Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑmos/

### Noun

قاموس • (qāmus) m
* (obsolete, rare) dictionary
    Synonym: وييپانګه (wëyipânga)

#### Declension
## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [qɑː.muːs]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qɑː.muːs]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qɑː.muːs]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [qɑː.muːs]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [qɔː.mus]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qɒː.muːs]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [qɔ.mus]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

| Dari | قاموس |
| Iranian Persian | قاموس |
| Tajik | қомус |
قاموس • (qâmus)
* dictionary
* ocean

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /qɑː.muːs/

### Noun

قامُوس • (qāmūs) m (Hindi spelling क़ामूस)
* dictionary
    Synonyms: شَبْدَکوش (śabdakoś), لُغَت (luġat)
* encyclopedia
    Synonyms: دائِرَۃُ الْمَعارِف (dāiratu l-ma'ārif), کِتابُ الْمَعارِف (kitābu l-ma'ārif), اِنْسائِیکِلوپِیڈْیا (insāīkilopīḍyā)
* ocean
    Synonym: اُقْیانُوس (uqyānūs)

### References

* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قاموس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* “قاموس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.