ریش

ریش

See also: ريش‎, رئس‎, and ریس‎

Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ریش‎ (riš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reːʃ]

Noun

ریش • (rēś) m (Devanagari रेश)

1. beard

   Synonym: دٲر‎ (dạ̄r)

Derived terms

• ریشَل‎ (rēśal)

References

• S. K. Toshakhani; J. Lal Kaul; Mohiuddin Hajni; Prithvi Nath Pushp; Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 3‎ (in Kashmiri), Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 377

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian ریش‎ (riš, “beard”).

Noun

ریش • (riş)

1. beard, facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck

   Synonym: صقال‎ (sakal)

Etymology 2

From Persian ریش‎ (riš, “wound”).

Noun

ریش • (riş)

1. wound, sore

Etymology 3

From Arabic رِيش‎ (rīš, “feathering, plumage”).

Noun

ریش • (riş) (plural ریاش‎)

1. (zoology) plumage, feathering
2. chattel property
3. means of subsistence
4. finery

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ریش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 635
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “ریش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 2407–2408
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ریش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 998

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Persian

Dari	رِیش
Iranian Persian	ریش
Tajik	риш (riš)

یک مرد با ریش کوتاه

yek mard bâ riš-e kutâh
A man with a short beard

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (lyš /rēš/, “beard”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾiːʃ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾiːʃ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾiːʃ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɾiʃ/

Noun

ریش • (riš) (plural ریش‌ها‎ (riš-hâ))

1. beard

Inflection

Enclitic-attached forms of ریش (riš)

Basic forms of ریش (riš) singular plural bare ریش (riš) ریش‌ها (riš-hấ) ریشا △ (rišấ) definitive direct object ریش را (riš râ) ریش رو △ (rišo) ریش‌ها را (riš-hấ râ) ریشا رو △ (rišấ ro) ezâfe ریش (riš-e) ریش‌های (riš-hấ-ye) ریشای △ (rišấ-ye) marked indefinite or relative definite ریشی (riš-i) ریش‌هایی (rišấn-i, riš-hấ-i) ریشایی △ (rišấi) △ Colloquial.     Possessive forms of ریش (riš) singular plural 1st person singular (“my”) ریشم‎ (rišam) ریش‌هایم‎ (riš-hấyam) ریش‌هام، ریشام‎ △ (rišấm) 2nd person singular (“your”) ریشت‎ (rišat) [Term?] △ (rišet) ریش‌هایت‎ (riš-hấyat) ریش‌هات، ریشات‎ △ (rišất) 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) ریشش‎ (rišaš) [Term?] △ (rišeš) ریش‌هایش‎ (riš-hấyaš) ریش‌هاش، ریشاش‎ △ (rišấš) 1st plural (“our”) ریشمان‎ (rišemân) ریشمون‎ △ (rišemun) ریش‌هایمان‎ (riš-hấyemân) ریش‌هامون، ریشامون‎ △ (rišấmun) 2nd plural (“your”) ریشتان‎ (rišetân) ریشتون‎ △ (rišetun) ریش‌هایتان‎ (riš-hấyetân) ریش‌هاتون، ریشاتون‎ △ (rišấtun) 3rd plural (“their”) ریششان‎ (rišešân) ریششون‎ △ (rišešun) ریش‌هایشان‎ (riš-hấyešân) ریش‌هاشون، ریشاشون‎ △ (rišấšun) △ Colloquial.

Related terms

• ریشو‎ (rišu)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Persian lyš (rēš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rayšás (“injury, wound”) from the root *rayš- (“to be wounded, hurt; to suffer injury”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾeːʃ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾeːʃ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾiːʃ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɾeʃ/

Noun

ریش • (riš) (plural ریش‌ها‎ (riš-hâ))

1. (Iran or uncommon) wound

   Synonyms: جراحت‎ (jerâhat) (Iran), زخم‎ (zaxam)

2. scar
3. ulcer

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Urdu

Etymology 1

From Classical Persian ریش‎ (rēš, “beard”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾiːʃ/

Noun

ریش • (rīš) f (Hindi spelling रीश)

1. beard

Related terms

• ریشائیل‎

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian ریش‎ (rēš, “wound, injury”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾeːʃ/

Noun

ریش • (rēš) m (Hindi spelling रेश)

1. wound
2. scar
3. ulcer
4. pus