ऐयाशी

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ऐयाशी • (aiyāśī) f (Urdu spelling عیاشی)

1. voluptuousness, sensualism, debauchery

Declension

Declension of ऐयाशी (fem ī-stem)

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

References

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