کشمکش

Persian

Etymology

From کش (kaš, bare imperative of کشیدن (kašīdan, “to pull, to drag”)) +‎ مکش (ma-kaš, archaic negative imperative of کشیدن (kašīdan)), literally “pull, don't pull!”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaʃ.ma.ˈkaʃ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰáʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰáʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰáʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰáʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæʃ.mæ.kʰʲǽʃ], [kʰʲeʃ.mæ.kʰʲéʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰáʃ]

• Rhymes: -aʃ

Readings
Classical reading?	kašmakaš
Dari reading?	kašmakaš
Iranian reading?	kašmakaš, kešmakeš
Tajik reading?	kašmakaš

Noun

کشمکش • (kešmakeš) (plural کشمکش‌ها (kešmakeš-hâ))

1. conflict, struggle, clash

   Synonyms: درگیری (dargiri), برخورد (barxord)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: कशमकश (kaśmakaś)

  Urdu: کشمکش (kaśmakaś)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “کشمکش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَشْمَکَش (kašmakaš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kəʃ.mə.kəʃ/
• Rhymes: -əʃ
• Hyphenation: کَش‧م‧کَش

Noun

کَشْمَکَش • (kaśmakaś) f (Hindi spelling कश्मकश)

1. struggle; strife

Declension

Declension of کشمکش

	singular	plural
direct	کَشْمَکَش (kaśmakaś)	کَشْمَکَشیں (kaśmakaśẽ)
oblique	کَشْمَکَش (kaśmakaś)	کَشْمَکَشوں (kaśmakaśõ)
vocative	کَشْمَکَش (kaśmakaś)	کَشْمَکَشو (kaśmakaśo)