From Pashto [script needed] (šaey), from Arabic شَيْء (šayʔ).
šáy m (Perso-Arabic spelling شئیۡ)
- thing
- creature
a-decl (Obl, pl): šayá
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN