Arabic edit

Root
غ ش ي (ḡ-š-y)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

غِشَاء (ḡišāʔm (plural أَغْشِية (ʔaḡšiya) or غِشَاءَات (ḡišāʔāt))

  1. whatever covers animal or plant body (such as skin, hair, feather, scale, husk)
  2. (biology) membrane
    غِشَاء خَلَوِيّ
    ḡišāʔ ḵalawiyy
    cell membrane

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: qişa
  • Persian: غشاء, غشا
  • Ottoman Turkish: غشا