घूस
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घूस¹
- /ɡʱuːs/ Hindi, Standard
Rhymes with -uːs
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *घूस्सा (ghūssā, “a present”). Compare Punjabi ਘੂਸ (ghūs), Kumaoni घूस, Nepali घूस (ghūs), Bengali ঘুষ (ghuś), ঘুস (ghus) and Odia ଘୁସ୍ (ghus).
घूस²
- /ɡʱuːs/ Hindi, Standard
Rhymes with -uːs
Where it comes from
From घुसना (ghusnā, “to enter, penetrate, thrust into”).
noun ghūs · گُھوس · घूस · घूसें · घूसों
- bandicoot rat, mole-rat
In English
- bribe inducement to a breaking of the rules
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