فاحشة

See also: فاحشه

Arabic

Root
ف ح ش (f-ḥ-š)

Etymology

Derived from the feminine form of active participle of the verb فَحَشَ (faḥaša).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faː.ħi.ʃa/

Noun

فَاحِشَة • (fāḥiša) f (plural فَوَاحِش (fawāḥiš))

  1. (countable) obscenity, immorality
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:32:
      وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَى ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًا
      walā taqrabū z-zinā ʔinnahu kāna fāḥišatan wasāʔa sabīlan
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ֆահիշ (fahiš)
  • Azerbaijani: fahişə
  • Bashkir: фәхишә (fəxişə)
  • Persian: فاحشه (fâheše)
  • Ottoman Turkish: فاحشه (fāhişe)
    > Turkish: fahişe (inherited)
  • Tatar: фәхишә (fäxişä), fäxişä
  • Urdu: فاحشہ (fāhiša)
  • Uyghur: پاھىشە (pahishe)
  • Uzbek: fohisha
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