کیش
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭪𐭩𐭱 (kyš /kēš/, “faith; dogma”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [keːʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲiːʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰeʃ]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | kēš |
Dari reading? | kēš |
Iranian reading? | kiš |
Tajik reading? | keš |
Noun edit
کیش • (kêš)
Synonyms edit
- دین (din)
Descendants edit
- → Urdu: کیش (kēš)
Etymology 2 edit
Presumably onomatopoeic, used to scare off chickens, gaining the meaning of "go away, run" and then being used in chess to Literally, “(king) go away”, referring how the king has to make a move to survive.[1]
Alternative forms edit
- کش (keš)
Noun edit
کیش • (kiš)
Derived terms edit
- کیشمات (kiš mât, “checkmate”)
Etymology 3 edit
Proper noun edit
کیش • (kiš)
- Kish Island, an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf
References edit
- ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کیش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Urdu edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /keːʃ/
Etymology 1 edit
From Classical Persian کیش (kēš, “religion”).
Noun edit
کیش • (keš) m (Hindi spelling केश)
Derived terms edit
- عَقیدَت کیش ('aqīdat-kēš, “devoted”)
- وَفا کیش (vafā-kēš, “faithful”)
- مُرَوَّت کیش (muravvat-kēš, “generous”)
- صَداقَت کیش (sadāqat-kēš, “truthful”)
- نِیاز کیش (nīyāz-kēš, “obedient”)
- اِرادَت کیش (irādat-kēš, “devoted”)
- جفا کیش (jafā-kēš, “disloyal”)
- بَد کیش (bad-kēš, “evil-natured”)
- سِتَم کیش (sitam-kēš, “oppressor”)
- ظُلْم کیش (zulm-kēš, “tyrant”)
- صَفا کیش (safā-kēš, “pious”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
کیش • (keś) m (Hindi spelling केश)
References edit
- “کیش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کیش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “کیش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.