کیش

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭪𐭩𐭱‎ (kyš /kēš/, “faith; dogma”).

کیش • (kêš)

1. religion
2. cult

• دین‎ (din)

• → Urdu: کیش‎ (kēš)

کیش • (kiš)

1. (chess) check

کیش • (kiš)

1. Kish Island, an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /keːʃ/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /keːʃ/

From Classical Persian کیش‎ (kēš, “religion”).

کیش • (keš) m (Hindi spelling केश)

1. religion, faith; belief

   Synonyms: دین‎ (dīn), ایمان‎ (īmān)

2. quality, nature

• عَقیدَت کیش‎ ('aqīdat-kēš, “devoted”)
• وَفا کیش‎ (vafā-kēš, “faithful”)
• مُرَوَّت کیش‎ (muravvat-kēš, “generous”)
• صَداقَت کیش‎ (sadāqat-kēš, “truthful”)
• نِیاز کیش‎ (nīyāz-kēš, “obedient”)
• اِرادَت کیش‎ (irādat-kēš, “devoted”)
• جفا کیش‎ (jafā-kēš, “disloyal”)
• بَد کیش‎ (bad-kēš, “evil-natured”)
• سِتَم کیش‎ (sitam-kēš, “oppressor”)
• ظُلْم کیش‎ (zulm-kēš, “tyrant”)
• صَفا کیش‎ (safā-kēš, “pious”)

From Sanskrit केश (keśa).

کیش • (keś) m (Hindi spelling केश)

1. hair

   Synonyms: گیسو‎ (gēsū), بال‎ (bāl)

• “کیش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “کیش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “کیش”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.