إيش

See also: ايش, ایش, آیش, أيش, and أيس

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَيْشٍ (ʔayšin), from أَيُّ شَيْءٍ (ʔayyu šayʔin, literally “what thing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔeːʃ/, [ʔe̞ːʃ]

Pronoun

إِيش • (ʔēš)

1. what?

   إيش اسمَك؟ (to a male) ― ʔēš ismak? ― What's your name?

   إيش اسمِك؟ (to a female) ― ʔēš ismik? ― What's your name?

References

• Fischer, August (1905) “Arab. أَيْش”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 59, pages 807–818

South Levantine Arabic

Pronoun

إيش • (ʔēš)

1. Alternative spelling of أيش (ʔēš)