عیش

See also: عيش

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَيْش (ʕayš), from عَاشَ (ʕāša).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔajʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäjʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäjʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäjʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäjʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ejʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäjʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ayš
Dari reading?	ayš
Iranian reading?	eyš
Tajik reading?	ayš

Noun

Dari	عیش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	айш

عیش • (ayš / eyš)

1. pleasure; luxury; life of luxury
2. (archaic) living; life

Derived terms

• عیش و نوش (ayš u nōš / eyš o nuš)
• عیش کردن (ayš kardan / eyš kardan)

 

Descendants

• → Bengali: আয়েশ (aẏeś)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ऐश (aiś)

  Urdu: عیش (aiś)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَیْش (ayš), borrowed from Arabic عَيْش (ʕayš), from عَاشَ (ʕāša).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ɛːʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɛːʃ

Noun

عَیش • ('aiś) m (Hindi spelling ऐश)

1. luxury, pleasure, delight
2. life
3. sensuality

References

• “عیش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “عیش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.