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Arabic
Etymology
Blend of أَيّ (ʔayy) + شَيْءٍ (šayʔin), literally “what thing”.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
أَيْشٍ • (ʔayšin) m
- (informal) Contraction of أَيُّ شَيْءٍ (ʔayyu šayʔin): what?
1324, Tāj ad-Dīn as-Subkiyy, Ṭabaqāt aš-Šāfiʻiyya al-Kubrā:[…] فَقَالَ لِي أَحْمَدُ: نَظَرْتَ فِيهِ؟ فَقُلْتُ: لَا، فَكَسَرَ ٱلْخَتْمَ وَقَرَأَهُ وَتَغَرْغَرَتْ عَيْنَاهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَيْشٍ فِيهِ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللّٰهِ؟ فَقَالَ: يَذْكُرُ فِيهِ أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ٱلنَّوْمِ […]- […] faqāla lī ʔaḥmadu: naẓarta fīhi? faqultu: lā, fakasara l-ḵatma waqaraʔahu wataḡarḡarat ʕaynāhu, faqultu lahu: ʔayšin fīhi yā ʔabā ʕabdi llāhi? faqāla: yaḏkuru fīhi ʔannahu raʔā rasūla llāhi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama fī n-nawmi […]
- Then Ahmad said to me: "Have you looked at it?" So I said: "No." So he broke the seal and read it, and his eyes twinkled, so I said to him: "What is in it, O Abu Abdullah? So he said: "It says that he saw the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, in sleep."
South Levantine Arabic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic أَيْشٍ (ʔayšin), from أَيُّ شَيْءٍ (ʔayyu šayʔin, literally “what thing”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
أيش • (ʔēš)
- what?
- Synonym: شو (šu)
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