إيش

See also: أيش‎, ايش‎, ایش‎, and آیش‎

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Blend of أَيّ‎ (ʔayy) +‎ شَيْء‎ (šayʾ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔeːʃ/, [ʔe̞ːʃ]

Pronoun

إِيش • (ʾēš)

what?
‏إيش اسمَك؟‎‎ (to a male) ― ʾēš ismak? ― What's your name?

‏إيش اسمِك؟‎‎ (to a female) ― ʾēš ismik? ― What's your name?

References

Fischer, August (1905), “Arab. أَيْش”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 59, pages 807–818

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