خیش
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Hijazi Arabic
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Etymology
[edit]From Arabic خَيْش (ḵayš), Persian خیش (xiš).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]خیش • (ḵēš) m (collective, singulative خيشة f (ḵēša))
- gunny sack
- canvas
- Synonym: كانفس (kānfas, kānvas, “canvas (for drawing)”)
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾyš /ēš/, “plough”) (Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (hyš /hēš/)).
Noun
[edit]خیش • (xiš)
References
[edit]- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ēš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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- Hijazi Arabic collective nouns
- Hijazi Arabic masculine nouns
- Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian
- Persian terms derived from Middle Persian
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns