See also: لاس

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic لِأَيِّ شَيْء (liʔayyi šayʔ, literally for what thing). Cognate with North Levantine Arabic ليش (lēš).

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

لاش (lāš)

  1. (interrogative) why?
    Synonyms: علاش (ʕlāš), علياش (ʕlayāš), علاه (ʕlāh), لاه (lāh)

Ottoman Turkish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Persian لاش (lâš).

Noun edit

لاش (leş)

  1. carrion, putrid or unclean carcass
    Synonym: مردار (murdar)

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: leş
  • Albanian: lesh
  • Armenian: լեշ (leš)
  • Aromanian: leșã
  • Bulgarian: леш (leš)
  • Byzantine Greek: λέσι (lési)
  • Crimean Tatar: leş
  • Georgian: ლეში (leši)
  • Romanian: leș
  • Serbo-Croatian: leš / леш

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Persian edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? lāš
Dari reading? lāš
Iranian reading? lâš
Tajik reading? loš

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (lšt /⁠lašt⁠/, corpse). Cognate with Avestan 𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬯𐬙𐬀 (irista, corpse) and Proto-Germanic *līką.

Noun edit

Dari لاش
Iranian Persian
Tajik лош

لاش (lâš)

  1. corpse, carrion
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

Dari لاش
Iranian Persian
Tajik лош

لاش (lâš)

  1. loot, booty, plunder
Related terms edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian لاش (lāš).

Noun edit

لاش (lāśf (Hindi spelling लाश)

  1. corpse

See also edit