Definition of xweş

fine, pleasant, sweet, good

Other forms

xwoş, xaş, xoş (khosh), Zazaki/Kirdkî weş, Gurani wäš

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swelḱs “taste sweet",

Proto-Indo-Iranian *swarćša-,
Proto-Iranian *hwarša-,
Parthian wxš, wxaš⁠ "pleasant, sweet",
Ossetian xorošŭ, хоrsŭ, xorsu “good”,
Persian χoş خوش
Russian хороший, khoroshiy “good”,

It also exists as a loan word in

Turkish: hoş “helalü hoş, hoş görmek, hoşça, hoşça kalmak, hoşgörü, hoşlanmak, hoşlaşmak, hoşluk, hoşsohbet, hoşuna gitmek, hoşaf, hoşamedi, hoşbeş, hoşmerim, mayhoş, nahoş, sarhoş”.

Updated on September 7, 2023

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