إيش

See also: ايش, ایش, آیش, أيش, and أيس

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَيْشٍ (ʔayšin), from أَيُّ شَيْءٍ (ʔayyu šayʔin, literally “what thing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔeːʃ/, [ʔe̞ːʃ]

Pronoun

إِيش • (ʔēš)

what?
إيش اسمَك؟ (to a male) ― ʔēš ismak? ― What's your name?

إيش اسمِك؟ (to a female) ― ʔēš ismik? ― What's your name?

References

Fischer, August (1905) “Arab. أَيْش”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 59, pages 807–818

South Levantine Arabic

Pronoun

إيش • (ʔēš)

Alternative spelling of أيش (ʔēš)

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