کشمکش

Persian

Etymology

From کش (keš, bare imperative of کشیدن (kešidan, “to pull, to drag”)) +‎ مکش (ma-keš, archaic negative imperative of کشیدن (kešidan)), literally “pull, don't pull!”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kaʃ.ma.ˈkaʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰǽʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰǽʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰǽʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰǽʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲeʃ.mæ.kʰʲéʃ], [kʰʲæʃ.mæ.kʰʲǽʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰǽʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kašmakaš
Dari reading?	kašmakaš
Iranian reading?	kešmakeš, kašmakaš
Tajik reading?	kašmakaš

Noun

کشمکش • (kešmakeš) (plural کشمکش‌ها (kešmakeš-hâ))

1. conflict, struggle, clash

   Synonyms: درگیری (dargiri), برخورد (barxord)

Descendants

• Hindi: कशमकश (kaśamkaś)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کشمکش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim