كشمش

From Persian کشمش‎ (kešmeš, “raisin”).

• IPA^(key): /kiʃ.miʃ/

كِشْمِش • (kišmiš) m

1. (Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain, dated in Egypt) raisins, in particular sultanas

   Hypernym: زَبِيب‎ (zabīb)

   • a. 1222, نجيب الدين السمرقندي [ʿNajīb ad-Dīn as-Samarqandīy], Juliane Müller, editor, كتاب الأغذية والأشربة [kitāb al-ʾaḡdiya wa-l-ʾǎšriba] (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 101)‎, Leiden: Brill, published 2017, →ISBN, page 132:

     ‏الكِشمِش شبيه بالزبيب إلا أنّه ألين قبضًا وأسهل خروبَا.‎‎

     Sultanas are similar to raisins except that they are of softer astringency and easier in excretion.

2. currant (Ribes gen. et spp.)

   Synonym: رِيبَاس‎ (rībās)

   Hyponyms: عِنَب الذِئْب‎ (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb), عِنَب الثَعْلَب‎ (ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab), كِشْمِش أَسْوَد‎ (kišmiš ʔaswad)

• Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 278–279

From Persian کشمش‎ (kešmeš, “raisin”).

كشمش • (kişmiş)

1. raisins, especially sultanas

• Turkish: kişmiş
• → Armenian: քիշմիշ (kʿišmiš), քիշնիշ (kʿišniš)