ناقوس

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܢܩܘܫܐ (nāqūšā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naː.quːs/

Noun

نَاقُوس • (nāqūs) m (plural نَوَاقِيس (nawāqīs))

  1. handbell
    1. bell
      1. bell jar
  2. semantron
    1. clapper
    2. gong; tam-tam

Declension

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 276
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ناقوس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1305

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ناقوس (nāqūs), from Arabic نَاقُوس (nāqūs), from Classical Syriac ܢܩܘܫܐ (nāqūšā).

Noun

ناقوس • (nakus)

  1. a church bell, or anything struck instead of a bell in Christian churches.

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نَاقُوس (nāqūs).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nɑː.qúːs]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [nɑː.qúːs]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [nɔː.qús]

Readings
Classical reading? nāqūs
Dari reading? nāqūs
Iranian reading? nâğus
Tajik reading? noqus

Noun

Dari ناقوس
Iranian Persian
Tajik ноқус

ناقوس • (nâqus) (plural ناقوس‌ها (nâqus-hâ))

  1. church bell, bell

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • برج ناقوس (borj-e nâqus)
  • ناقوس کلیسا (nâqus-e kelisâ)
  • ناقوس مرگ (nâqus-e marg)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ناقوس (nāqūs), from Arabic نَاقُوس (nāqūs), from Classical Syriac ܢܩܘܫܐ (nāqūšā).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɑː.quːs/
  • Rhymes: -uːs
  • Hyphenation: نا‧قُوس

Noun

ناقُوس • (nāqūs) m (Hindi spelling नाक़ूस)

  1. bell, church bell
    Synonym: گھنٹا (ghanṭā)
  2. gong
  3. conch-shell as an instrument, particularly in Hinduism
    Synonym: شنکھ
    • داؤد اورنگ آبادی (Dāud Auraṅgābādī) :
      ویراں ہے سینہ بسکہ ترے باج اے صنم
      فریاد دل ہے نغمۂ ناقوس کی نمط
      vīrā̃ hai sīnā bas-ki tire bāj ai sanam
      fariyād-e-dil hai naġmā-e-nāqūs kī namat
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