Armenian

Noun

գոս • ‎(gos)

1. kettledrum

Declension

References

• Ałayan, Ēduard (1976), “գոս”, in Ardi hayereni bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Modern Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• քօզ ‎(kʿōz)

Etymology

From Persian کوس ‎(kōs).

Not connected with գուսան ‎(gusan), despite Bailey 1934. It should be borne in mind, that Middle Armenian գ ‎(g) represents /kʰ/.

Noun

գոս • ‎(gos) ‎(nominative plural գոսեր)

1. kettledrum

   գոսերս գոչել‎ ― gosers gočʿel ― to beat the kettledrum

Descendants

• Armenian: գոս ‎(gos)

References

• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “գոս”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գոս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գոս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գոս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 2ab
• Bailey, H. W. (1934), “Iranica (II)”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, issue 3, page 515
• Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 64a
• Asatrjan, G. S. (2013), “Parfjanskoje gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in Toxtasʹjev S. R., Lurʹje P. B., editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Sbornik statej k 90-letiju Vladimira Aronoviča Livšica (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istorija, ISBN 978-5-4469-0127-2, page 103