Etymology

cush

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Today it means: Excellent, very good. Full definition →

Romani kushto
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cush · adjective1

  1. Romani · derived fromkushto
  2. English todaycush

From cushty, from Romani kushto, kushti (“good”).

cush · adjective2

From cushy.

cush · noun3

From cushion.

cush · noun4

Variant of cuisse; compare cuish.

cush · noun5

Variant of kush.

Cush · proper noun6

  1. Egyptiankꜣšbor.?
  2. Biblical Hebrewכּוּשׁ (kûš)
  3. English todayCush

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew כּוּשׁ (kûš, “Ethiopia, Ethiopians”).

Words from the same roots

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cushty

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