واش

See also: واس

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ (waʔayyu šayʔin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waːʃ/

Particle

واش • (wāš)

1. Interrogative particle that is added to the beginning of a declarative sentence to change it into a yes-or-no question.

   واش حابين تجيوا للمغرب فراس العام؟

   wāš ḥābbīn tjīw l-el-maḡrib f-rās el-ʕām?

   Do you want to come to Morocco at the end of the year?

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian wʾš (wāš, “straw, fodder”), possibly via Mazanderani واش (“grass, hay, fodder”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wɑːʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔːʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	wāš
Dari reading?	wāš
Iranian reading?	vâš
Tajik reading?	voš

Noun

واش • (vâš)

1. grass
2. herb

Talysh

Etymology

Akin to Persian واش (vâš), Mazanderani واش (vâš), Gilaki واش (vâš), etc..

Noun

واش (vâš)

1. grass, herb
2. fodder, straw

Derived terms

• واشیار (vâšyâr)