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لاش

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See also: لاس

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic لِأَيِّ شَيْء (liʔayyi šayʔ, literally for what thing). Cognate with North Levantine Arabic ليش (lēš).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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لاش (lāš)

  1. (interrogative) why?
    Synonyms: علاش (ʕlāš), علياش (ʕlayāš), علاه (ʕlāh), لاه (lāh)

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Persian لاش (lâš).

Noun

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لاش (leş)

  1. carrion, putrid or unclean carcass
    Synonym: مردار (murdar)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: leş
  • Albanian: lesh
  • Armenian: լեշ (leš)
  • Aromanian: leșã
  • Bulgarian: леш (leš)
  • Byzantine Greek: λέσι (lési)
  • Crimean Tatar: leş
  • Georgian: ლეში (leši)
  • Romanian: leș
  • Serbo-Croatian: leš / леш

References

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? lāš
Dari reading? lāš
Iranian reading? lâš
Tajik reading? loš

Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (lšt /⁠lašt⁠/, corpse). Cognate with Avestan 𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬯𐬙𐬀 (irista, corpse) and Proto-Germanic *līką.

Noun

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Dari لاش
Iranian Persian
Tajik лош

لاش (lâš)

  1. corpse, carrion
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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Dari لاش
Iranian Persian
Tajik лош

لاش (lâš)

  1. loot, booty, plunder
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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian لاش (lāš).

Noun

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لاش (lāśf (Hindi spelling लाश)

  1. corpse

See also

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