فاحشه

See also: فاحشة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic فَاحِشَة (fāḥiša).

Noun

فاحشه • (fahişe)

  1. prostitute

Adjective

فاحشه • (fahişe)

  1. feminine of فاحش (fahiş)

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “fahişe”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَاحِشَة (fāḥiša).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? fāhiša
Dari reading? fāhiša
Iranian reading? fâheše
Tajik reading? fohiša

Noun

فاحشه • (fāhiša / fâheše) (plural فاحشه‌ها (fāhiša-hā / fâheše-hâ), Tajik spelling фоҳиша)

  1. (vulgar) prostitute, whore
    Synonyms: جنده (jinda / jende), روسپی (rōspī / ruspi), تن‌فروش (tan-furōš / tan-foruš)
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