Etymology

gosht

G2O1S1H4T1

Today it means: mutton (or sometimes goat), normally as part of a South Asian curry. Full definition →

Classical Persian گوشت
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The story

  1. Classical Persian · borrowed fromگوشت“meat, flesh”
  2. English todaygosht

Ultimately from Classical Persian گوشت (gōšt, “meat, flesh”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.