جيش

From ج ي ش‎ (j-y-š), meaning to heave or rise up suddenly, hence inciting troops to action, raise military forces, to muster or rally, to incite a war or raise up arms. Related to the verb جَاشَ‎ (jāša, “to be excited, to be agitated, to storm, to rage”).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒajʃ/

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  • (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡeːʃ/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ʒajʃ/, /ʒiːʃ/, (archaic) /ɡiːʃ/

جَيْش • (jayš) m (plural جُيُوش‎ (juyūš))

1. verbal noun of جَاشَ‎ (jāša)
2. an army, a military force

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• → Swahili: jeshi

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “جيش”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 493-494
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “جيش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeːʃ/, [d͡ʒe̞ːʃ], [ʒe̞ːʃ]

جيش • (jēš) m (plural جيوش‎ (juyūš))

1. an army, a military force