کشیش

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?], from Classical Syriac ܩܫܝܫܐ (qaššīšā).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.ˈʃiːʃ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ʃíːʃ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ʃíːʃ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ʃíʃ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.ʃíːʃ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ʃíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kašīš
Dari reading^?	kašīš
Iranian reading^?	kašiš
Tajik reading^?	kašiš

Noun


Iranian Persian	کشیش
Dari	کشیش
Tajik	кашиш

کشیش • (kašiš) (plural کشیش‌ها (kašiš-hâ) or کشیشان (kašišân))

priest (including Christian priests)
― kašiš-e armani ― Armenian priest

― kašiš-e budâyi ― Buddhist priest

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: كشیش (keşiş)
- Turkish: keşiş
- →⇒ Armenian: Քեշիշյան (Kʻešišyan)
- → Bulgarian: кеши́ш (kešíš), ⇒ кеши́шин (kešíšin), Кеши́шев (Kešíšev)
- → Georgian: ქეშიში (kešiši) — Chveneburi
- →⇒ Greek: Κεσίσογλου (Kesísoglou)
- → Laz: ქეშიში (keşişi)
- → Serbo-Croatian: kèšīš, кѐшӣш

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