واش

From Arabic وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ‎ (waʔayyu šayʔin).

• IPA^(key): /waːʃ/

واش • (wāš)

1. Interrogative particle that is added to the beginning of a declarative sentence to change it into a yes-or-no question.

   ‏واش حابين تجيوا للمغرب فراس العام؟‎‎

   wāš ḥābbīn tjīw l-el-maḡrib f-rās el-ʕām?

   Do you want to come to Morocco at the end of the year?

From Middle Persian wʾš (wāš, “straw, fodder”), possibly via Mazanderani واش‎ (“grass, hay, fodder”).

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wɑːʃ/

واش • (vâš)

1. grass
2. herb

Akin to Persian واش‎ (vâš), Mazanderani واش‎ (vâš), Gilaki واش‎ (vâš), etc..

واش (vâš)

1. grass, herb
2. fodder, straw

• واشیار‎ (vâšyâr)