क़ामूस
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Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قاموس (qāmūs), from Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós). It came to be used as a word for dictionary in arabic after a lexicon published named Al-qamus (see: w:Firuzabadi)
Pronunciation
Noun
References
- “क़ामूस”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “قاموس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قاموس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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