User:Jberkel/drafts/Da'ish

English

Alternative forms

• Daesh, Da’esh

Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic داعش, an acronym of اَلدَّوْلَة اَلْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawlat al-ʾislāmiyya fī l-ʿirāq waš-šām, literally “The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant”). The forms Daesh and Da’esh refer to the same acronym but are transliterated differently.

Proper noun

Da'ish

1. ISIS, ISIL
   • 2015, Richard York, Know Thy Enemy: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Lulu.com →ISBN, page 1

     The group also operates or has affiliates in other parts of the world including Southeast Asia.[31][32] The group is known in Arabic as ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fīl-ʿIrāq wash-Shām, leading to the acronym Da'ish, Da'eesh, or DAESH (شعاد, ...

   • 2014, Michael Coren, Hatred: Islam's War on Christianity, Signal →ISBN

     The prison centers where the ISIS (Da'ish) controls have become miniatures of what was during the Nazi SS extermination camps, except the ISIS carries out the extermination in a much more horrific way. Da'ish transforms the prisons into ...

   • 2014, Joseph Spark, ISIS Taking Over the Middle East: The Rise of Middle Eastern Supremacy-ISIS/ISIL, Conceptual Kings

     all over the world swear allegiance to Da'ish. Many spectators have expressed their eagerness to see the course of action al Zawahiri will take in relation to this as it will serve as a sort of litmus test for how the leadership of the jihadist ...

   • 2015, HC 564 - UK Government Policy on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, The Stationery Office →ISBN, page 13

     In Arabic, ISIL is usually known by its acronym DAESH (or DA'ISH), which has derogatory connotations. Since early July 2014, ISIL has designated itself by the shorter title of “the Islamic State” to signify its ultimate ambition of a global caliphate ...