داعش

Arabic

Etymology

Acronym of الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawla al-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant”). It resembles the Arabic words دَاعِس (dāʕis, “that tramples”) or دَاحِس (dāḥis, “one who causes discord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː.ʕiʃ/

Proper noun

دَاعِش • (dāʕiš) f or m

1. ISIS, ISIL, IS [from 2013]

Declension

Declension of noun دَاعِش (dāʕiš)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	دَاعِش dāʕiš	—
Nominative	—	دَاعِشُ dāʕišu	—
Accusative	—	دَاعِشَ dāʕiša	—
Genitive	—	دَاعِشَ dāʕiša	—

Synonyms

• الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawla al-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām)
• الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة (ad-dawla al-ʔislāmiyya)
• تَنْظِيم الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة (tanẓīm ad-dawla al-ʔislāmiyya)
• تَنْظِيم الدَّوْلَة (tanẓīm ad-dawla)

Derived terms

• دَاعِشِيّ (dāʕišiyy)
• دَعَّشَ (daʕʕaša)

Descendants

• → English: Da'ish, Daesh
• → French: Daech
• → Hebrew: דאע״ש (da'e"sh)
• → Northern Kurdish: DAÎŞ
• → Persian: داعش
• → Urdu: داعش

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَاعِش (dāʕiš).

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.ʔɪ́ʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.ʔéʃ]

Readings
Dari reading?	dā'iš
Iranian reading?	dâ'eš

Proper noun

داعش • (dâ'eš)

1. ISIS, ISIL

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَاعِش (dāʕiš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.ɪʃ/

Proper noun

داعِش • (dā'iś) m (Hindi spelling दाइश)

1. ISIS, ISIL, Daesh