See also: ريش, رئس, and ریس

Kashmiri

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian ریش (rīš).

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Noun

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ریش (rēśm (Devanagari रेश)

  1. beard
    Synonym: دٲر (dạ̄r)

Derived terms

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References

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Persian ریش (riš, beard).

Noun

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ریش (riş)

  1. beard, facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck
    Synonym: صقال (sakal)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Persian ریش (riš, wound).

Noun

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ریش (riş)

  1. wound, sore

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Arabic رِيش (rīš, feathering, plumage).

Noun

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ریش (riş) (plural ریاش)

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

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Persian

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Dari رِیش
Iranian Persian ریش
Tajik риш
 
یک مرد با ریش کوتاه
yek mard bâ riš-e kutâh
A man with a short beard

Etymology 1

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Derived from Middle Persian [script needed] (lyš /⁠rēš⁠/, beard), probably from Proto-Iranian *xraiša-, from Proto-Indo-European *kreyso-, itself from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kre-i-s-, an extension of *(s)ker- (to turn, bend).[1]

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? rīš
Dari reading? rīš
Iranian reading? riš
Tajik reading? riš

Noun

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ریش (riš) (plural ریش‌ها (riš-hâ))

  1. beard
Inflection
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    Enclitic-attached forms of ریش (riš) (Iranian Persian)
    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.
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Middle Persian lyš (rēš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rayšás (injury, wound) from the root *rayš- (to be wounded, hurt; to suffer injury).[2][3]

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? rēš
Dari reading? rēš
Iranian reading? riš
Tajik reading? reš

Noun

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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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  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 358
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309
  3. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 357

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Derived from Classical Persian ریش (rīš, beard).

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ریش (rīšf (Hindi spelling रीश)

  1. beard
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Etymology 2

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Derived from Classical Persian ریش (rēš, wound, injury).

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Noun

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ریش (rēšm (Hindi spelling रेश)

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