eyelash

English

eyelashes

Alternative forms

• eye-lash, eye lash

Etymology

eye +‎ lash

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪlæʃ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

eyelash (plural eyelashes)

1. (anatomy, dermatology) One of the hairs which grows along the edge of eyelids.

   Synonyms: cilium, lash

Derived terms

• bat an eyelash
• by an eyelash
• eyelash black
• eyelash bush viper, Atheris ceratophora
• eyelash curler
• eyelash extensions
• eyelash forceps
• eyelash gecko, Rhacodactylus ciliatus
• eyelash grass, Bouteloua gracilis
• eyelash mite
• eyelash viper, Bothriechis schlegelii
• eyelash yarn
• false eyelashes
• northern eyelash boa, Trachyboa boulengeri
• without batting an eyelash

 

Related terms

• eyebrow
• eye candy
• eye color
• eyelid
• eyeliner
• eye make-up
• eye music
• eye pencil
• eye ring
• eye shadow
• eyesight

 

Translations

hair growing on the edge of an eyelid

• Abaza: лахъвы́ (laqʷə́)
• Abkhaz: алаҕыџь (alağədž), алахуц (alaxuc)
• Adyghe: нэбзыц (nɛbzəc)
• Afrikaans: wimper (af), ooghaar
• Alabama: ittiɬimpalissi
• Albanian: pjekë (sq) m, qerpik (sq) m
• Alemannic German: Wempra
• Alviri-Vidari:

  Vidari: مجه (mojje)

• Amharic: ሽፋሽፍት (šəfašfət)
• Arabic: رِمْش (rimš), (collective) هُدْب m (hudb)

  Egyptian Arabic: رمش m (remš)

  Hijazi Arabic: رمش m (rimš) (collective)

• Aragonese: pestanya f
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܬܡܪܐ

• Arapaho: neníísío’no
• Armenian: թարթիչ (hy) (tʻartʻičʻ), թերթերունք (hy) (tʻertʻerunkʻ), արտևանունք (artewanunkʻ), արտևան (artewan) (dated)

  Old Armenian: արտեւան (artewan), արտեւանունք pl (artewanunkʻ)

• Aromanian: peanã f
• Asi: pilok
• Asturian: pestaña (ast) f, pistaña f
• Avar: тӏелех (tʼelex)
• Aymara: nayra phichu
• Azerbaijani: kirpik (az)
• Baluchi: مچاچ
• Bambara: ɲɛsi
• Bashkir: керпек (kerpek)
• Basque: betile (eu)
• Bau Bidayuh: kiriet, kiliet
• Belarusian: ве́йка f (vjéjka)
• Bengali: রশ্মি (bn) (rośmi), ভুরু (bn) (bhuru), অক্ষিলোম (bn) (okkhilōm), অক্ষিপক্ষ্ম (bn) (okkhipokkho), চোখের পাপড়ি (cōkher papoṛi)
• Bikol Central: pirok (bcl)
• Biloxi: tiamhį (his/her eyelash)
• Breton: malgudenn f
• Bulgarian: ми́гла (bg) f (mígla), ресни́ца f (resníca)
• Burmese: မျက်တောင် (my) (myaktaung)
• Carpathian Rusyn: павучайки (pavučajky)
• Catalan: pestanya (ca) f
• Cayuga: oɡáhehdaˊ
• Cebuano: pilok
• Central Atlas Tamazight: lecfaṛ, argaln
• Central Dusun: kirop
• Central Sierra Miwok: ṭypýˀla-
• Chamorro: babali
• Chechen: бӏаьрчоьш (bˀärčöš), цӏоцӏкъам (cʼocʼqʼam)
• Cherokee: ᎦhᏖᏌᎾᎸ’Ꭲ (gaHtesanalv’i)
• Chichewa: nsidze class 9
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 睫毛 (zit⁶ mou⁴), 眼睫毛 (ngaan⁵ zit³ mou⁴), 眼挹毛 (ngaan⁵ jap¹ mou^4-1), 眼毛 (ngaan⁵ mou⁴) (dialectal)

  Eastern Min: 目眨 (mĕ̤k-tiák)

  Gan: 眼毛 (ngan³ mau⁴) (dialectal)

  Hakka: 目水毛 (muk-súi-mô), 目眥毛／目眦毛 (muk-chhi-mô), 目汁毛 (mug⁵ zeb⁵ mau¹) (Meixian)

  Hokkien: 目睭毛／目珠毛 (ba̍k-chiu-mn̂g / ba̍k-chiu-mô͘), 目睫毛 (zh-min-nan) (ba̍k-chiah-mn̂g / ba̍k-cheeh-mô͘ / ba̍k-chiah-mô͘ / ba̍k-chia̍p-mn̂g / ba̍k-chiap-mn̂g), 目毛 (ba̍k-mn̂g / ba̍k-mô͘)

  Jin: 眼眨毛 (nie² zah⁵ mau¹)

  Mandarin: 睫毛 (zh) (jiémáo), 眼睫毛 (zh) (yǎnjiémáo), 眼眨毛 (zh) (yan3 za2 mao2) (dialectal)

  Northern Min: 目睭毛／目珠毛 (mì-ciú-mâu / mù-ciú-mâu)

  Teochew: 目眥毛／目眦毛 (mag⁸ ci³ mo⁵)

  Wu: 眼睫毛 (⁶nge-ci-mau), 眼眨毛

  Xiang: 眼眨毛 (ngan³ za⁶ mau²)

• Chuvash: куҫ тӗкӗ (kuś tĕk̬ĕ)
• Cimbrian: opar f, zedja f
• Coptic: ⲛⲟϩ m pl (noh)
• Cornish: blewen lagas f
• Corsican: ciglia f
• Cree:

  Plains: ᒦᓴᐳᐃᐧᓈᐣ (mîsapowinân)

• Crimean Tatar:

  Cyrillic: кирпик

  Latin: kirpik

• Czech: řasa (cs) f, oční řasa f
• Dakota: ištaȟepe
• Dalmatian: čeja f
• Danish: øjenvippe (da) c
• Dhivehi: އެސްފިޔަ (esfiya)
• Dungan: нянзамо (ni͡anzamo)
• Dutch: wimper (nl) m, ooghaar (nl), oogbrauw f (archaic)
• Emilian:

  Bolognese: zejja f

• Erzya: сельме пона (śeľme pona)
• Esperanto: okulharo (eo)
• Estonian: ripsmed (et)
• Even: харамта (haramta)
• Evenki: саримиктал (sarimiktal), саримуктал (sarimuktal)
• Faroese: eygnahár n
• Finnish: silmäripsi (fi), ripsi (fi)
• French: cil (fr) m
• Friulian: cee f
• Gagauz: kirpik
• Galician: pestana (gl) f, perfeba (gl) f
• Georgian: წამწამი (ka) (c̣amc̣ami), ფიჭვი (pič̣vi)
• German: Wimper (de) f, Augenwimper f
• Greek: βλεφαρίδα (el) f (vlefarída), ματοτσίνορο (el) (matotsínoro), ματόκλαδο (el) n (matóklado) (informal)

  Ancient: βλεφαρίς f (blepharís)

• Greenlandic: qimeriaq
• Guaraní: topea
• Gujarati: પાંપણ (pā̃paṇ)
• Haitian Creole: si
• Hausa: gashin ido
• Hawaiian: lihilihi maka
• Hebrew: רִיס (he) m (ris)
• Higaonon: puduk
• Hiligaynon: milok, amimilok
• Hindi: पपनी (hi) f (papnī), पलक (hi) m (palak)
• Hungarian: szempilla (hu), pilla (hu)
• Icelandic: augnhár n
• Ido: cilio (io)
• Ilocano: kurimatmat
• Indonesian: bulu mata (id), idep (id) (dialectal)
• Ingrian: ripsu, silmäripsu, silmäkarva
• Ingush: цӏацкъам (cʼacqʼam)
• Interlingua: cilio
• Inuktitut: ᕿᒥᕆᐊᖅ (qimiriaq)
• Inupiaq: siqpiich
• Iranun: pipirek
• Irish: fabhra m, ribe m
• Italian: ciglio (it) m
• Japanese: まつげ (ja) (matsuge), 睫毛 (ja) (まつげ, matsuge)
• Javanese:

  Carakan: ꦲꦶꦢꦼꦥ꧀ (idep)

  Rumi: idep (jv)

• Jeju: 알눈썹 (allunsseop), 눈터럭 (nunteoreok) (Seogwipo), 눈알두꿰썹 (nunaldukkwesseop) (Seogwipo)
• Kabuverdianu: pistana
• Kalmyk: сурмсг (surmsg)
• Kanakanabu: kuncu vo'in
• Kannada: ರೆಪ್ಪೆಗೂದಲು (kn) (reppegūdalu)
• Kansa: ishtá pahú
• Kapampangan: irap
• Karao: paspas
• Karelian: ripsi
• Kavalan: kmaz
• Kazakh: кірпік (kırpık)
• Khakas: кірбік (kìrbìk)
• Khmer: រោមភ្នែក (room phnɛɛk)
• Khumi Chin: mimui
• Kimaragang: kirop
• Komi:

  Komi-Permyak: синлыс (śinlys)

  Komi-Zyrian: синлыс (śinlys)

• Korean: 속눈썹 (ko) (songnunsseop)
• Kumyk: кирпик (kirpik)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: برژانگ (ckb) (birjang)

  Northern Kurdish: bijang (ku)

• Kyrgyz: кирпик (kirpik)
• Ladin: zea f
• Lak: иттархъен (it:arqen)
• Lakota: onštinmapihin
• Lao: ຂົນຕາ (lo) (khon tā)
• Latgalian: raudzeņš, brovs
• Latin: cilium n (Medieval Latin), palpebrae f pl
• Latvian: skropsta
• Laz: წამწამი (ǯamǯami), კამწამი (ǩamǯami), კამწამი (ǩamǯami)
• Leonese: pistaña f
• Lezgi: кӏакӏам (ḳaḳam)
• Ligurian: çi m (Monegasque), çiyu m (Monegasque)
• Limburgish: plump (li)
• Lithuanian: blakstiena f
• Lotud: kirop, kirop do mato
• Luxembourgish: Wëmper, Wimper
• Macedonian: ресница f (resnica), трепка f (trepka)
• Malagasy: volomaso (mg)
• Malay:

  Jawi: بولو مات

  Rumi: bulu mata (ms), idap

• Malayalam: കൺപീലി (kaṇpīli), ഇമ (ml) (ima)
• Manchu: ᡶᠠᡳᡨᠠᠨ (faitan)
• Manipuri: ꯄꯥ (mni) (paa)
• Manx: ferroogh
• Maori: kamo, kamonga, hurukaikamo
• Mari:

  Eastern: шинчапу́н (šinčapún)

  Western: сӹнзӓ́вын (sÿnzä́vyn)

• Masbatenyo: pirok
• Mazanderani: مجیک, مژیک
• Mingrelian: ფიჭვი (pič̣vi), ქაქაბი (kakabi)
• Mirandese: ceilha f
• Mòcheno: aper f, unteraper f
• Moksha: сельмопона (śeľmopona)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: сормуус (mn) (sormuus)

  Mongolian: ᠰᠣᠷᠮᠤᠤᠰᠤ (sormuusu)

• Muak Sa-aak: suk² riap² ŋaːj³
• Nahuatl: cochiatl, xochizuatl

  Classical Nahuatl: ixtzontli

• Nanai: сармакта (sarmakta), сармикта (sarmikta)
• Navajo: anádiz
• Nepali: परेला (parelā)
• Niuean: fulumata
• Norman: paûpil'ye f (Jersey)
• Northern Khanty: ^{(please verify)} сэм пунат (sem punat), ^{(please verify)} сампун (sampun)
• Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} сампун (sampun)
• Northern Sotho: ntshi class 9/10
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: øyenvipp m, øyevipp m, vipp m

  Nynorsk: augevippe f, augnevippe f, vippe f

• Occitan: cilha (oc) f, cilh m
• Odia: ଆଖିର ବାଳ (akhirô baḷô)
• Old English: brū f
• Old Georgian: წამი (c̣ami), წამწამი (c̣amc̣ami)
• Old Norse: augabrá f, brá f
• Old Saxon: brawa f
• Orok: серемӯкта, сӣрмӯкта, сӣрӯмӯкта
• Oromo: nyaara
• Oroqen: ʃaramʊkta
• Ossetian: цӕстыхау (cæstyxaw)
• Ottoman Turkish: كرپك (kirpik), مژه (müje)
• Papiamentu: wimper
• Pashto: باڼو (ps) (banrhoo), باڼه (ps) (bâṇë)
• Pennsylvania German: Aagehaar f
• Persian: مژه (fa) (može), مزلنگ (mezleng) (dialectal, Kazerun), مجگ (majg) (Sistani)
• Phuthi: intshî class 9
• Piedmontese: sign m, parpeila f
• Plautdietsch: Üagessiepa, Ziepa m
• Polish: rzęsa (pl) f
• Portuguese: cílio (pt) m, pestana (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਝਿੰਮਣੀ f (jhimmṇī)
• Quapaw: i-shta xe
• Quechua: pullurki, tijlla
• Rajasthani: भांपणा
• Romanian: geană (ro) f, sufruncea f (archaic)
• Romansch: tschegl m
• Rungus: kirop
• Russian: ресни́ца (ru) f (resníca)
• Rwanda-Rundi: ingohe class 9/10
• Sabah Bisaya: kirop
• Sakizaya: sapedek
• Samoan: laumata
• Sanskrit: पक्ष्मन् (sa) (pakṣman), इक्षु (sa) (ikṣu), उदान (sa) (udāna)
• Sardinian: chìgliu m, chizu m, pabarísta f
• Scots: winker, ee-breer
• Scottish Gaelic: rosg m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тре̏павица f

  Roman: trȅpavica (sh) f

• Shona: tsiye class 9/10
• Shor: кирбик (kirbik)
• Sicilian: gigghiu (scn) m
• Sinhalese: ඇස් පිහාටුව (æs pihāṭuwa)
• Slovak: riasa f, mihalnica (sk) f
• Slovene: trepalnica (sl) f
• Somali: baalasha
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: mykawki pl

  Upper Sorbian: mikawčk m

• Sotho: ntshi class 9
• Southern Altai: кирбик (kirbik)
• Southern Ndebele: ikophe class 9
• Spanish: pestaña (es) f, abéñula (es) f (obsolete)
• Sranan Tongo: ai-wiwiri
• Svan: თალა̄ფა (talāpa)
• Swahili: kope (sw) class 5/6, ukope (sw) class 11
• Swazi: tinkhophe class 10
• Swedish: ögonfrans (sv) c
• Tagal Murut: kuliop nu mato
• Tagalog: pilik, pilikmata
• Tajik: мижа (miža)
• Tamil: கண் இமை (kaṇ imai)
• Tarift: aber m, abriw

  Tifinagh: ⴰⴱⴻⵔ m (aber)

• Tatar: керфек (tt) (kerfek)

  Latin: kerfek

• Telugu: పక్ష్మ (pakṣma), పక్ష్మము (te) (pakṣmamu), అక్షిపక్ష్మము (te) (akṣipakṣmamu)
• Thai: ขนตา (th) (kǒn-dtaa)
• Tibetan: མིག་སྤུ། (mig spu), རྫི་མ (rdzi ma)
• Tigrinya: ቅርኒብ ዓይኒ (ḳərnib ʿayni), ቀርነብ (ti) (ḳärnäb)
• Timugon Murut: kuliop nu mato
• Tswana: ntshi class 9
• Tundra Nenets: сэв тар' (sew tarʼ)
• Turkish: kirpik (tr)
• Turkmen: kirpik
• Tuvaluan: fifimata
• Tuvan: кирбик (kirbik)
• Udihe: самикта
• Udmurt: синлыс (śinlys)
• Ukrainian: ві́я f (víja)
• Ulch: сарумта
• Urdu: پپنی f (papnī), پلک (palk)
• Uyghur: كىرپىك (kirpik)
• Uzbek: kiprik (uz)
• Venetian: séja f
• Veps: rips
• Vietnamese: lông mi (vi), mi (眉) (vi)
• Volapük: logalipaher (logalip + -a + her)
• Wallisian: fulu 'i mata
• Welsh: blew amrant m pl, blew llygaid m pl
• West Coast Bajau: kerop
• West Frisian: teister, eachteister
• White Hmong: plaub muag
• Wiradjuri: tímit
• Woiwurrung: yit-yita-mirring
• Xhosa: umsebe class 3
• Yakut: кыламан (kılaman)
• Yami: cicimit
• Yiddish: וויִע f (vie)
• Yogad: kimát
• Yoruba: irun ìpénpéjú
• Yucatec Maya: máatsab, máatsa’
• Yurok: 'ne-hlp'ehl (my eyelashes)
• Zazaki: bije
• Zhuang: bwndaraemx
• Zulu: ukhophe class 11/10

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} xagħar ta’ l-għajn m
• Neapolitan: ^{(please verify)} ciglio m

See also

• cosmetics
• mascara

Further reading

• eyelash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Haseley, Heasley, Leaheys, Shealey