کشمش

Persian

Alternative forms

• کشمیش (kešmiš)

Etymology

Unknown; possibly borrowed from Turkic, as the green, seedless variety used is said to originate in Bokhara, Uzbekistan. Compare Azerbaijani kişmiş (“raisin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kiʃ.ˈmiʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɪʃ.mɪ́ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɪʃ.mɪ́ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɪʃ.mɪ́ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰiʃ.míʃ]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲeʃ.méʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲeʃ.méʃ]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [kʰʲiːʃ.míːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰiʃ.míʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kišmiš
Dari reading?	kišmiš
Iranian reading?	kešmeš
Tajik reading?	kišmiš

Noun

کشمش • (kešmeš)

1. raisin, sultana raisin, currant
2. sultana grape (Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera cv. Sultana)

Descendants

• → Arabic: كِشْمِش (kišmiš)
• → Assamese: কিচমিচ (kismis)
• → Azerbaijani: kişmiş
• → Bengali: কিশমিশ (kiśmiś)
• → Chagatai: كِشْمِش
• → Gujarati: કિશમિશ (kiśmiś)
• → Georgian: ქიშმიში (kišmiši)
• → Javanese: kismis
• → Malay: kismis (کيسميس)
  • Indonesian: kismis
  • → Brunei Malay: kismis
• → Pashto: کشمش (kišmiš)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كشمش (kişmiş), كشمشك (kişmişk)
  • Turkish: kişmiş
  • → Armenian: քիշմիշ (kʻišmiš), քիշնիշ (kʻišniš)
• → Tatar: кишмиш (kişmiş)
  • → Russian: кишмиш (kišmiš)
• → Turkmen: kişmiş
• → Yagnobi: кишмиш (kišmiš)