ઇલીષ

Gujarati

ઇલીષ (ilīṣ, “sablefish”)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इलीश (ilīśa), इलीष (ilīṣa), a compound of इल् (il, “to go, move”) +‎ ईश (īśa, “lord, master, chief”), literally meaning "the chief of those which move (in water)", referring to the perceived taste of the fish.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈi.liʂ/
• Rhymes: -iʂ

Noun

ઇલીષ • (ilīṣ) f

1. sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria)

Further reading

• “ઇલીષ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Belsare, Malhar (1981) “ઇલીષ”, in ગુજરાતી-અંગ્રેજી ડિકશનરી [Etymological Gujarati-English Dictionary]‎^[1], Asian Educational Services, page 181