أيش

See also: إيش, ايش, ایش, آیش, and أيس

Arabic

Etymology

Blend of أَيّ (ʔayy) +‎ شَيْءٍ (šayʔin), literally “what thing”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaj.ʃin/

Pronoun

أَيْشٍ • (ʔayšin) m

1. (informal) Contraction of أَيُّ شَيْءٍ (ʔayyu šayʔin): what?
   • 1324, Tāj ad-Dīn as-Subkiyy, Ṭabaqāt aš-Šāfiʻiyya al-Kubrā:

     […] فَقَالَ لِي أَحْمَدُ: نَظَرْتَ فِيهِ؟ فَقُلْتُ: لَا، فَكَسَرَ ٱلْخَتْمَ وَقَرَأَهُ وَتَغَرْغَرَتْ عَيْنَاهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَيْشٍ فِيهِ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللّٰهِ؟ فَقَالَ: يَذْكُرُ فِيهِ أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ٱلنَّوْمِ […]

     […] faqāla lī ʔaḥmadu: naẓarta fīhi? faqultu: lā, fakasara l-ḵatma waqaraʔahu wataḡarḡarat ʕaynāhu, faqultu lahu: ʔayšin fīhi yā ʔabā ʕabdi llāhi? faqāla: yaḏkuru fīhi ʔannahu raʔā rasūla llāhi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama fī n-nawmi […]

     […] Then Ahmad said to me: "Have you looked at it?" So I said: "No." So he broke the seal and read it, and his eyes twinkled, so I said to him: "What is in it, O Abu Abdullah? So he said: "It says that he saw the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, in sleep." […]

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• ايش (ēš), إيش (ʔēš)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔeːʃ/, [ʔeːʃ]

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Pronoun

أيش • (ʔēš)

1. what?

   Synonym: شو (šu)

References

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