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Gulf Arabic
Pronunciation
Adverb
ليش • (leʃ)
- why?
- Synonym: شْحَقَّه (ʃ7əggə)
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
لِ (li-, “for”) + إِيش (ʔēš, “what”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
ليش • (lēš)
- why?
- Synonym: ليه (lē)
Karakhanid
Etymology
Borrowed from Tocharian B leśp (“mucus, phlegm”).
Noun
لٖيشْ (lḗš)
- (physiology) mucus, phlegm
- لٖيشْ اَقْتٖى ― Lḗš aqtï̄. ― The phlegm or mucus flowed.
References
- ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 609
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “léşp”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 764
- ^ Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 316
Further reading
North Levantine Arabic
Alternative forms
Etymology
ل (li-, la-, “to, for”) + إِيش (ʔēš, “what”), although the normal word for “what” is now شو (šū) Compare a similar structure in Egyptian Arabic لِيه (lēh) and Standard Arabic لِمَاذَا (li-māḏā), as well as in other languages such as French pourquoi.
Adverb
ليش • (lēš)
- why?
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
ل (li-, “to, for”) + إِيش (ʔēš, “what”). Compare a similar structure in Egyptian Arabic لِيه (lēh) and Standard Arabic لِمَاذَا (li-māḏā), as well as in other languages such as French pourquoi, German warum, and dated English wherefore.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ليش • (lēš)
- what for?, why?