eşya

From Arabic أَشْيَاء (ʔašyāʔ), plural of شَيْء (šayʔ).

• IPA^(key): /ɛʃˈjɑː/

eşya m

1. thing, object
2. merchandise, wares, goods

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “eşya”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 179

From Ottoman Turkish اشیا, from Arabic أَشْيَاء (ʔašyāʔ), plural of شَيْء (šayʔ). Formally, the Arabic plural of şey. Despite the etymology, and like other borrowings of broken plurals, it has developed its own Turkish plural form.

• IPA^(key): [ɛʃˈjɑː]

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• Hyphenation: eş‧ya

eşya (definite accusative eşyayı, plural eşyalar)

1. things, items, freight, goods; especially furnitures, white goods, trappings etc.

• beyaz eşya
• hediyelik eşya

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eşya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اشیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 125