# دوش
## Arabic
### Etymology

Borrowed from French douche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duːʃ/

### Noun

دُوش • (dūš) m (plural دُوشَات (dūšāt))
* shower (bathing)

#### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “دوش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

Borrowed from French douche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈduːʃ/

### Noun

دوش • (dūš) m (plural دوشات (dūšāt))
* showerhead

#### See also

* مرْوَش (marwaš, mirwaš, “shower”)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Old Anatolian Turkish دوش, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tǖĺ (“dream”).

#### Noun

دوش • (düş) (definite accusative دوشی (düşü), plural دوشلر (düşler))
* dream

##### Descendants

* Gagauz: düş
* Turkish: düş

### Etymology 2

From French douche.

#### Noun

دوش • (duş) (definite accusative دوشی (duşu), plural دوشلر (duşlar))
* shower

##### Descendants

* Turkish: duş

### References

* Redhouse, J. W. (1884) “sea”, in A Lexicon, English and Turkish, 3rd edition, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 264
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دوش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 587

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French douche.

#### Pronunciation

* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪uːʃ]

#### Noun

دوش • (dūš / duš)
* shower (bathing)

##### Derived terms

* دوش گرفتن (dūš giriftan / duš gereftan)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwš /⁠dōš⁠/) (cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬱 (daoš, “forearm”)), from Old Persian [script needed] (dauš), from Proto-Iranian *dáwš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáwš, from Proto-Indo-European *dóws (“forearm”) Cognate with Sanskrit दोषन् (doṣan, “forearm”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [doːʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪oːʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪oːʃ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪oːʃ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪ʊːʃ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪uːʃ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪ɵʃ]

#### Noun

دوش • (dōš / duš)
* shoulder
    Synonyms: شانه (šāna / šâne), کتف (kitf / ketf), سفت (suft / soft)

##### Derived terms

* به دوش گرفتن (ba dōš giriftan / be duš gereftan)
* دوش دادن (dōš dādan / duš dâdan)

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dawšáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dowséh₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬱 (daoš, “night, last night”) and Sanskrit दोषा (doṣā, “darkness; night”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [doːʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪oːʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪oːʃ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪oːʃ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪ʊːʃ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪uːʃ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪ɵʃ]

#### Adverb

دوش • (dōš / duš)
* last night
    Synonym: دیشب (dīšab / dišab)

##### Related terms

* پرندوش (parandōš / paranduš)

### Etymology 4

From Old Persian [script needed] (*dáuxšatiy), from Proto-Iranian *dáwxšati (“to milk”); see there for more.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [doːʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪oːʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪oːʃ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪oːʃ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪ʊːʃ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪uːʃ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪ɵʃ]

#### Verb

دوش • (dōš / duš)
* present stem form of دوشیدن (dušidan, “to milk”)
* present stem form of دوختن (duxtan, “(archaic) to milk”)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

Borrowed from French douche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duʃʃ/, [dʊʃ]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

دوش • (dušš, dūš) m
* shower

#### Derived terms

* تدوّش (tdawwaš, “to shower”)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d̪oːʃ/
* Rhymes: -oːʃ

### Noun

دوش • (doś) m (Hindi spelling दोष)
* blame, fault
    Synonym: قُصُور (qusūr)
* accusation
    Synonyms: اِلْزام (ilzām), آروپ (ārop)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “دوش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “دوش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.