كوس
العربية
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كوس¹
- /kuːs/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Persian کوس (kôs).
noun كُوس · kūs · كُوسَات · الْكُوس
- set square
- equilateral triangle for measuring
- timbrel, small drum, or a kind thereof
كوس²
- /kaws/
Where it comes from
A borrowing from likely, as it is transmitted for some of the wind terms, the dialect of the Banū Huḏayl, belonging originally to the vocabulary of those who voyage upon the sea between Jidda and ʿAdan; possibly related to the idea of stooping, throwing head over heels in the verbs كَاسَ (kāsa), كَوَّسَ (kawwasa), likely from كَأْس (kaʔs, “stoop, beaker”), as a heavy wind topples a vessel.
noun كَوْس · kaws · الْكَوْس · كَوْسٌ
- the headwind of a vessel on the sea
- particularly, the south-west wind, رِيح الكَوْس (rīḥ al-kaws), or مَوْسِم الكَوْس (mawsim al-kaws) meaning the south-west monsoon wind; the west wind being called رِيح الدَبُور (rīḥ al-dabūr), the south wind رِيح الْجَنُوب (rīḥ al-janūb), the north-east wind رِيح الأَزْيَب (rīḥ al-ʔazyab), or رِيح الصَبَا (rīḥ al-ṣabā) نجا المواطن (ح، ع) من منطقة رول دبا من الموت وذلك أثناء ممارسته هواية السباحة في تمام الساعة الرابعة قبالة شاطئ منطقة العقة برفقة أصدقائه، ونتيجة ارتفاع الموج مع بداية موسم الكوس الذي شهد بالأمس ارتفاعا كبيرا في مستويات موج البحر والتيارات البحرية، ما أدى إلى أن يجرفه ويذهب به إلى مكان أعمق، حيث تعر
كوس³
- /kaws/
noun كَوْس · kaws · كَوَّسَ · الْكَوَّسَ · كَوَّسٌَ
- verbal noun of كَاسَ (kāsa) (form I)
verb كَوَّسَ · kawwasa · يُكَوِّسُ · تَكْوِيس · مُكَوِّس
- to prostrate, to cut down the standing firmly of, to throw head over heels, to make lie inverse
In English
Talk about this word "كوس." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. كوس. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3 "كوس." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3.Cite this
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title = {كوس},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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