خیش

Persian

Etymology

  • From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾyš /⁠ēš⁠/, “plough”) (Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (hyš /⁠hēš⁠/)).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? xēš
    Dari reading? xēš
    Iranian reading? xiš
    Tajik reading? xeš

    Noun

    خیش • (xēš / xiš) (Tajik spelling хеш)

    1. plough; ploughshare

    Descendants

    • → Arabic: خَيْش (ḵayš)

    References

    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “ēš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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