فاحشة

See also: فاحشه‎

Arabic

Root
ف ح ش‎ (f-ḥ-š)

Etymology

Derived from the feminine form of active participle of the verb فَحَشَ‎ (faḥaša).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faː.ħi.ʃa/

Noun

فَاحِشَة • (fāḥiša) f (plural فَوَاحِش‎ (fawāḥiš))

(countable) obscenity, immorality
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:32:
  ‏وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَى ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًا‎
  walā taqrabū z-zinā ʔinnahu kāna fāḥišatan wasāʔa sabīlan
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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

Related terms

فَحْشَاء‎ (faḥšāʔ)

Descendants

→ Armenian: ֆահիշ (fahiš)
→ Azerbaijani: fahişə
→ Bashkir: фәхишә (fəxişə)
→ Persian: فاحشه‎ (fâheše)
→ Ottoman Turkish: فاحشه‎ (fāhişe)
> Turkish: fahişe (inherited)
→ Tatar: фәхишә (fäxişä), fäxişä
→ Urdu: فاحشہ‎ (fāhiša)
→ Uyghur: پاھىشە‎ (pahishe)
→ Uzbek: fohisha

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