داعش

Arabic

Etymology

Acronym of الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَ الشَّام (ad-dawla al-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant”). It resembles the Arabic words دَاعِس (dāʕis, “that tramples”) or دَاحِس (dāḥis, “one who causes discord”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daː.ʕiʃ/

Proper noun

دَاعِش • (dāʕiš) f or m

ISIS, ISIL, IS [from 2013]

Declension

Declension of noun دَاعِش (dāʕiš)

Singular	basic singular diptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	دَاعِش dāʕiš	—
Nominative	—	دَاعِشُ dāʕišu	—
Accusative	—	دَاعِشَ dāʕiša	—
Genitive	—	دَاعِشَ dāʕiša	—

Synonyms

الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawla al-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām)
الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة (ad-dawla al-ʔislāmiyya)
تَنْظِيم الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة (tanẓīm ad-dawla al-ʔislāmiyya)
تَنْظِيم الدَّوْلَة (tanẓīm ad-dawla)

Derived terms

دَاعِشِيّ (dāʕišiyy)
دَعَّشَ (daʕʕaša)

Descendants

→ English: Da'ish, Daesh
→ French: Daech
→ Hebrew: דאע״ש (da'e"sh)
→ Northern Kurdish: DAÎŞ
→ Persian: داعش
→ Urdu: داعش

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَاعِش (dāʕiš).

Pronunciation

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.ʔɪ́ʃ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.ʔéʃ]

Readings

Dari reading^?	dā'iš
Iranian reading^?	dâ'eš

Proper noun

داعش • (dâ'eš)

ISIS, ISIL

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَاعِش (dāʕiš).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.ɪʃ/

Proper noun

داعِش • (dā'iś) m (Hindi spelling दाइश)

ISIS, ISIL, Daesh

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