عشائیہ

Urdu

Etymology

From عِشا (ʻiśā, “nightfall; dusk; darkness”) +‎ ـئیہ (-'iya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ɪ.ʃɑː.ɪ.jɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: عِ‧شا‧ءِ‧یَہ

Noun

عِشائِیَہ • ('iśāiya) m (Hindi spelling इशाइया)

1. dinner; supper
2. dinner party; evening

Declension

Declension of عشائیہ
	singular	plural
direct	عِشائِیَہ (ʻiśā'īah)	عِشائِیے (ʻiśā'īe)
oblique	عِشائِیے (ʻiśā'īe)	عِشائِیوں (ʻiśā'īõ)
vocative	عِشائِیے (ʻiśā'īe)	عِشائِیو (ʻiśā'īo)

Further reading

• “عشائیہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “عشائیہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عشا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.