# وش
## Baluchi
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian. Cognate with Persian خوش (xoš), which see for more.

### Adjective

وش • (waš(š))
* tasty
* pleasant
* good, fine
* happy

#### Derived terms

* وش وش (waš waš, “gently, slowly, steadily”, interjection or adverb)

### Further reading

* Geiger, Wilhelm (1890) Etymologie des Balūčī (in German), Munich: Academy Press, § 407, page 47
* Korn, Agnes (2005) Towards a Historical Grammar of Balochi: Studies in Balochi Historical Phonology and Vocabulary (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 26)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 132, 226, 412
* Mockler, Edward (1877) A Grammar of the Baloochee Language, as it is Spoken in Makrān (Ancient Gedrosia), in the Persi-Arabic and Roman Characters, London: Henry S. King & Co., § 148, page 113
* Uppsala University (2025) “وش”, in Southern Baluchi Dictionary (Webonary) (in Baluchi), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2019.

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

Assimilated form of Arabic وَجْه (wajh) based on a palatalized pronunciation of the -j- ([ɟ], [ʝ], [dʒ], [ʒ]), which is uncommon in northern Egypt. This word has traditionally been explained by positing that such a pronunciation was more prevalent in the past, but the evidence for this assumption has recently been subject to doubt. Alternatively, this word may be a loan from Saʽidi Arabic or from Levantine Arabic (cf. North Levantine Arabic وش (wišš), وج (wijj)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [wɪʃː], (before a consonant) [wɪʃːe], (sentence-final) [wɪʃ]

### Noun

وشّ • (wišš) m (plural وشوش (wišū́š))
* (anatomy) face
* the front of something

### Adverb

وشّ • (wišš)
* straight up

### References

* ↑ Manfred Woidich, Liesbeth Zack (2009) “The g/ğ-question in Egyptian Arabic revisited”, in E. Al-Wer, R. de Jong, editors, Arabic dialectology: in honour of Clive Holes on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday (Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics; 53), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 41-60
* ↑ Connolly, Magdalen M (2019 February 25) “Revisiting the Question of Ğīm from the Perspective of Judaeo-Arabic”, in Journal of Semitic Studies, volume 64, number 1, →DOI, pages 176-177

## Najdi Arabic
### Preposition

وش (wɪʃ)
* what
    وش اسمك؟ ― What's your name?

## North Levantine Arabic
### Noun

وشّ • (wišš) m
* Alternative form of وج (wijj): face

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Akin to Old Armenian վուշ (vuš), Mazanderani وش (vaš, “flax”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [waʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [wäʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [wäʃ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [wäʃ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [wäʃ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [væʃ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [väʃ]

#### Noun

وش • (vaš)
* boll

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from a Northwestern Iranian cognate of Persian خوش (xwaš) and thus a doublet of خوش (xwaš); see it for more.

#### Adjective

وش • (vaš)
* good, excellent, choice, beautiful, fair

#### References

* Korn, Agnes (2005) Towards a Historical Grammar of Balochi: Studies in Balochi Historical Phonology and Vocabulary (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 26)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 132, footnote 298
* Lentz, Wolfgang (1926) “Die nordiranischen Elemente in der neupersischen Literatursprache bei Firdosi”, in Zeitschrift für Indologie und Iranistik‎ (in German), volume 4, § 169, page 304 of 251–316
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “وش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1468

## Sudanese Arabic
### Etymology

Assimilated form of Arabic وَجْه (wajh). Compare Egyptian Arabic and North Levantine Arabic وش (wišš).

### Noun

وش • (wašš) m (plural وشوش (wušūš))
* (anatomy) face
** 2024, كِتاب العَهد الجَّديد مِن الكِتاب المُقَدَّس‎, Pioneer Bible Translators, ٣ يُوحَنَّا [3 John] 1:14:لَكِن عِندي رَجاء أن أشوفَك بَعَد شوَيَه، و بِنِتكَلَّم وَش لِوَشlākin ʕindi rajā ʔan ašūfak baʕd šwayya, wa binitkallam wašš le-wašš.but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face to face.

#### Descendants

* Juba Arabic: wosh

### References

* Hillelson, Sigmar (1925) Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary‎, London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government, page 104
* The Catholic Language Institute Khartoum (C.L.I.K) (2008) Spoken Arabic of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, page 294