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Etymology
Cognate with Tamil சீ (cī, “pus”), Kannada ಕೀ (kī, “to become pus”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
کِیش (kīś)
- pus, snot
Further reading
Persian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭪𐭩𐭱 (kyš /kēš/, “faith; dogma”).
Pronunciation
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kēš
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kēš
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kiš
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keš
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Noun
کیش • (kêš)
- religion
- cult
Synonyms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Presumably onomatopoeic, used to scare off chickens, gaining the meaning of "go away, run" and then being used in chess to Literally, “(king) go away”, referring how the king has to make a move to survive.[1]
Noun
کیش • (kiš)
- (chess) check
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Proper noun
کیش • (kiš)
- Kish Island, an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf
References
Urdu
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Classical Persian کیش (kēš, “religion”).
Noun
کیش • (keš) m (Hindi spelling केश)
- religion, faith; belief
- Synonyms: دین (dīn), ایمان (īmān)
- quality, nature
Derived terms
- عَقیدَت کیش ('aqīdat-kēš, “devoted”)
- وَفا کیش (vafā-kēš, “faithful”)
- مُرَوَّت کیش (muravvat-kēš, “generous”)
- صَداقَت کیش (sadāqat-kēš, “truthful”)
- نِیاز کیش (nīyāz-kēš, “obedient”)
- اِرادَت کیش (irādat-kēš, “devoted”)
- جفا کیش (jafā-kēš, “disloyal”)
- بَد کیش (bad-kēš, “evil-natured”)
- سِتَم کیش (sitam-kēš, “oppressor”)
- ظُلْم کیش (zulm-kēš, “tyrant”)
- صَفا کیش (safā-kēš, “pious”)
Etymology 2
From Sanskrit केश (keśa).
Noun
کیش • (keś) m (Hindi spelling केश)
- hair
- Synonyms: گیسو (gēsū), بال (bāl)
References
- “کیش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کیش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “کیش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.