کیش
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Brahui
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Tamil சீ (cī, “pus”), Kannada ಕೀ (kī, “to become pus”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]کِیش (kīś)
- pus, snot
Further reading
[edit]- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1606”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Persian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭪𐭩𐭱 (kyš /kēš/, “faith; dogma”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [keːʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲiːʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰeʃ]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | kēš |
Dari reading? | kēš |
Iranian reading? | kiš |
Tajik reading? | keš |
Noun
[edit]کیش • (kêš)
Synonyms
[edit]- دین (din)
Descendants
[edit]- → Urdu: کیش (kēš)
Etymology 2
[edit]Presumably onomatopoeic, used to scare off chickens, gaining the meaning of "go away, run" and then being used in chess to Literally, “(king) go away”, referring how the king has to make a move to survive.[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]- کش (keš)
Noun
[edit]کیش • (kiš)
Derived terms
[edit]- کیشمات (kiš mât, “checkmate”)
Etymology 3
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]کیش • (kiš)
- Kish Island, an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf
References
[edit]- ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کیش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Urdu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /keːʃ/
Etymology 1
[edit]From Classical Persian کیش (kēš, “religion”).
Noun
[edit]کیش • (keš) m (Hindi spelling केश)
Derived terms
[edit]- عَقیدَت کیش ('aqīdat-kēš, “devoted”)
- وَفا کیش (vafā-kēš, “faithful”)
- مُرَوَّت کیش (muravvat-kēš, “generous”)
- صَداقَت کیش (sadāqat-kēš, “truthful”)
- نِیاز کیش (nīyāz-kēš, “obedient”)
- اِرادَت کیش (irādat-kēš, “devoted”)
- جفا کیش (jafā-kēš, “disloyal”)
- بَد کیش (bad-kēš, “evil-natured”)
- سِتَم کیش (sitam-kēš, “oppressor”)
- ظُلْم کیش (zulm-kēš, “tyrant”)
- صَفا کیش (safā-kēš, “pious”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]کیش • (keś) m (Hindi spelling केश)
References
[edit]- “کیش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کیش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “کیش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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