ayş

Cypriot Arabic

Alternative forms

• aş

Etymology

From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْء (ʔayyu šayʔ, “what thing”).

Adverb

ayş

1. (interrogative) what

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 148