قوس و قزح

Persian

قوس و قزح

Etymology

Mistaken form of earlier (qows-e qazah), from Arabic قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ, literally “bow of the pre-Islamic Arab god Quzah”). It is not clear why the vowel shifted from /e/ to /o/.

Pronunciation

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qów.so qæ.zǽʱ]

Readings


Iranian reading^?	ğowso ğazah

Noun

قوس و قزح • (qows o qazah)

rainbow
Synonym: رنگین کمان (rangin-kamân)

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