kwšk'

Middle Persian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve; arch, vault”), with the original meaning possibly being "a room at the top corner of a castle", and related to Persian گوشه (guše, “corner, angle”) and Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀𐬐𐬀 (gaošaka, “corner”).

Noun

kwšk' • (kōšk)

1. pavilion
2. palace

Descendants

• Persian: کوشک (kôšk)
  • Tajik: кӯшк (küšk)
  • → Azerbaijani: köşk
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كوشك (köşk, kuşk)
    • Turkish: köşk
    • → Armenian: քյոշկ (kʻyošk)
    • → Italian: chiosco
      • → French: kiosque
        • → Dutch: kiosk
          • Afrikaans: kiosk
          • → Indonesian: kios
            • → Ternate: kios
        • → English: kiosk
        • → Norman: kiosque
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: kiosk
        • → Polish: kiosk
        • → Portuguese: quiosque
        • → Russian: киоск (kiosk), кіо́скъ (kiósk)
          • → Georgian: კიოსკი (ḳiosḳi)
          • → Hebrew: קִיּוׄסְק (kiyósk)
          • → Yakut: киоск (kiosk)
        • → Spanish: kiosco
      • → English: kiosk
      • → German: Kiosk
        • → Hungarian: kioszk
      • → Persian: کیوسک (kiyusk)
      • → Polish: kiosk
      • → Portuguese: quiosque
      • → Spanish: quiosco
    • → Romanian: chioșc
  • → Turkmen: köşk

Taking Middle Persian as representative for all Middle Iranian:

• → Classical Syriac: ܓܘܫܩܐ (gawšāqā)
  • → Arabic: جوسق (jawsaq, jūsaq)
• → Georgian: კოშკი (ḳošḳi)
• → Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: קושקא (qōšqā)