Where does “عيش” come from?

عيش (North Mesopotamian Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish ایش, from Proto-Turkic īĺč — work.

عيش (North Mesopotamian Arabic): work

Definitions

  1. work

Ancestry of “عيش”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishایشwork
2Proto-Turkicīĺčwork
Every word from Proto-Turkic īĺč →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ایش →