شیش

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Gilaki

Numeral

شیش (šiš)

  1. six

Mazanderani

Noun

شیش (šiš)

  1. twig, switch
    انار شیش
    anār šiš
    Pomegranate twig or switch

Ottoman Turkish

شیشلر

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sīĺ (spit, pointed stick or pole); cognate with Azerbaijani şiş, Bashkir шеш (şeş), Kyrgyz шиш (şiş), Southern Altai тиш (tiš), Turkmen çiş and Tuvan шиш (şiş).

Noun

شیش (şiş)

  1. spit, skewer, broach, any long pin used to secure food during cooking
    Synonym: سیخ (sih)
  2. rapier, a sword with a straight, and sharply pointed two-edged long blade
  3. knitting needle, a long, thin, pointed rod, used in pairs to knit yarn
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Turkish: şiş
  • Armenian: շիշ (šiš)
  • Aromanian: shish
  • Bulgarian: шиш (šiš)
  • Macedonian: шиш (šiš)
  • Romanian: șiș
  • Serbo-Croatian: ши̏шšȉš

Further reading

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sīĺč (swelling, tumor); cognate with Azerbaijani şiş, Bashkir шеш (şeş), Khakas сіс (sìs), Old Uyghur (šiš) and Uzbek shish.

Noun

شیش (şiş)

  1. tumour, swelling
    Synonyms: ورم (verem), یومرو (yumru)

Adjective

شیش (şiş)

  1. swollen, congested, puffy
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? šiš

Proper noun

شیش (šiš)

  1. (colloquial, Tehrani) Spoken form of شش (šeš).

Ushojo

Noun

شیش (šīš)

  1. breath
    Synonym: سآ ()