ऐयाशी

Hindi

Etymology

From Persian عیاشی ('ayyâši), from Arabic عَيَّاشِي (ʕayyāšī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə̯i.jɑː.ʃiː/, [ɐ̯i.jäː.ʃiː], /əj.jɑː.ʃiː/, [ɐj.jäː.ʃiː]

Noun

ऐयाशी • (aiyāśī) f (Urdu spelling عیاشی)

1. debauchery; love of pleasure or luxury

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ऐयाशी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press