لاش

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لِأَيِّ شَيْء (liʔayyi šayʔ, literally for what thing). Cognate with North Levantine Arabic ليش (lēš).

Pronunciation

Adverb

لاش (lāš)

  1. (interrogative) why?
    Synonyms: علاش (ʕlāš), علياش (ʕlayāš), علاه (ʕlāh), لاه (lāh)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian لاش (lâš).

Noun

لاش (leş)

  1. carrion, putrid or unclean carcass
    Synonym: مردار (murdar)

Descendants

  • Turkish: leş
  • Albanian: lesh
  • Armenian: լեշ (leš)
  • Aromanian: leșã
  • Bulgarian: леш (leš)
  • Byzantine Greek: λέσι (lési)
  • Crimean Tatar: leş
  • Georgian: ლეში (leši)
  • Romanian: leș
  • Serbo-Croatian: leš / леш

References

Persian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? lāš
Dari reading? lāš
Iranian reading? lâš
Tajik reading? loš

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (lšt /⁠lašt⁠/, corpse). Cognate with Avestan 𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬯𐬙𐬀 (irista, corpse) and Proto-Germanic *līką.

Noun

Dari لاش
Iranian Persian
Tajik лош

لاش (lâš)

  1. corpse, carrion
Descendants

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

Dari لاش
Iranian Persian
Tajik лош

لاش (lâš)

  1. loot, booty, plunder
Related terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لاش (lāš).

Noun

لاش (lāśf (Hindi spelling लाश)

  1. corpse

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