کشمکش

Persian

Etymology

From (keš, bare imperative of (kešidan, “to pull, to drag”)) +‎ (ma-keš, archaic negative imperative of (kešidan)), literally “pull, don't pull!”.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaʃ.ma.ˈkaʃ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰǽʃ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰǽʃ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰǽʃ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲeʃ.mæ.kʰʲéʃ], [kʰʲæʃ.mæ.kʰʲǽʃ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʃ.mä.kʰǽʃ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kašmakaš
Dari reading^?	kašmakaš
Iranian reading^?	kešmakeš, kašmakaš
Tajik reading^?	kašmakaš

Noun

کشمکش • (kešmakeš) (plural کشمکش‌ها (kešmakeš-hâ))

conflict, struggle, clash
Synonyms: درگیری (dargiri), برخورد (barxord)

Descendants

Hindi: कशमकश (kaśamkaś)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کشمکش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim