Daech
French
Etymology
Transliteration of Arabic دَاعِش (dāʿiš, literally “D.I.I.S.”) the Arabic language acronym for الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʾislāmiyya fī l-ʿirāq wa-š-šām)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da.ɛʃ/
Proper noun
Daech m
- Daesh (ISIS/ISIL/Islamic State)
Synonyms
- État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL/ÉIIL)
- État islamique (ÉI/EI)