آتش

See also: اِتْسْ, أبس, and اپس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian آتش (âtaš).

Noun

آتش • (ateş)

1. fire

   Synonym: اود (od)

Derived terms

• آتشجی (ateşci, “stoker”)
• آتشدان (ateşdan, “fireplace”)
• آتشك (ateşek)
• آتشلك (ateşlik)

Descendants

• Turkish: ateş

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آتش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 19

Persian

آتش

Alternative forms

• آتیش (âtiš)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾthš (ātaxš, “fire”), borrowed from Avestan 𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱 (ātarš, “fire”) for its special meaning in Zoroastrianism and well preserved unlike the native word آذر (âzar, “fire”). Doublet of آذر. Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *HáHtr̥š; see there for further information.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈtaʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.t̪ʰǽʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.t̪ʰǽʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.t̪ʰɪ́ʃ], [ʔɑː.t̪ʰéːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.t̪ʰǽʃ]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.t̪ʰǽʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.t̪ʰǽʃ]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.t̪ʰíːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.t̪ʰǽʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ātaš
Dari reading?	ātaš
Iranian reading?	âtaš
Tajik reading?	otaš

Noun

Dari	آتش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	оташ

آتش • (âtaš) (plural آتش‌ها (âtaš-hâ))

1. fire

   Synonyms: آذر (âzar), آتور (âtur)

Derived terms

• آتش زدن (âtaš zadan)
• آتش گرفتن (âtaš gereftan)
• آتشین (âtašin)
• آتش‌بس (âtaš-bas)
• آتش‌فشان (âtaš-fešân)
• آتش‌نشان (âtaš-nešân)
• آتش‌نشانی (âtaš-nešâni)
• آتش‌پرست (âtaš-parast)
• آتش‌کده (âtaš-kade)

 

Descendants

• Tajik: оташ (otaš)
• → Bengali: আতশ (ātôş)
• → Gujarati: આતશ (atiş)
• → Northern Kurdish: atêş, ateş
• → Armenian: աթաշ (atʻaš)
• → Kyrgyz: аташ (ataş)
• → Azerbaijani: atəş
• → Old Armenian: աթաշ (atʻaš)
• → Ottoman Turkish: آتش (ateş)
  • Turkish: ateş
• → Turkmen: ataş
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: आतिश (ātiś)

  Urdu: آتش (ātiś)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਆਤਸ਼ (ātaś)

  Shahmukhi script: آتش (ātaś)

• → Uzbek: otash

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “آتش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آتش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

آتش

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آتش (ātaš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.t̪ɪʃ/

Noun

آتِش • (ātiś) f (Hindi spelling आतिश)

1. fire; flame

   Synonym: آگ (āg)

2. anger; rage
3. passion, zeal

Derived terms

• آتش گاہ (ātiš-gāh, “fire-place”)
• آتش زنہ (ātiš-zana, “flint”)
• آتِش کَدَہ (ātiš-kada, “fire-temple”)

References

• “آتش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آتش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “آتش”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “آتش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.