عائشه

Persian

Alternative forms

عایشه (āyiša / âyeše) (hamzaless)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ʔi.ˈʃa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ʔɪ.ʃǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.jɪ.ʃǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ji.ʃǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ʔe.ʃé]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.je.ʃé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ʔi.ʃǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ā'iša
Dari reading^?	ā'iša
Iranian reading^?	â'eše
Tajik reading^?	o'iša

Proper noun

عائشه • (ā'iša / â'eše) (Tajik spelling Оиша)

(Islam) Aisha, Muhammad's third wife and daughter of first caliph Abu Bakr
a female given name, Ayesheh or Aisha, from Arabic

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “عائشة”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press