ऐयाशी

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian ('ayyāšī), from Arabic عَيَّاشِي (ʕayyāšī). By surface analysis, ऐयाश (aiyāś) +‎ -ई (-ī)।

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə̯i.jɑː.ʃiː/, [ɐ̯i.jäː.ʃiː]

Noun edit

ऐयाशी • (aiyāśī) f (Urdu spelling عیاشی)

voluptuousness, sensualism, debauchery

Declension edit

Declension of ऐयाशी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ऐयाशी aiyāśī	ऐयाशियाँ aiyāśiyā̃
oblique	ऐयाशी aiyāśī	ऐयाशियों aiyāśiyõ
vocative	ऐयाशी aiyāśī	ऐयाशियो aiyāśiyo

References edit

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ऐयाशी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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