Ottoman Turkish

Noun

لاش • ‎(leş)

1. carrion
2. carcass

Persian

Alternative forms

• لاشه ‎(lâše)
• لش ‎(laš)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Proto-Germanic *līką.

Noun

لاش • ‎(lâš)

1. corpse
2. carrion

Descendants

• Azeri: leş, ləş
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: लाश ‎(lāś)
  • Urdu: لاش ‎(lāš), لاشہ ‎(lāša)
• Middle Armenian: լաշ ‎(laš)
  • Armenian: լաշ ‎(laš)
• Ottoman Turkish: لاش ‎(leş), لاشه ‎(lâşe)
  • Turkish: leş, lâşe, laşe
  • Albanian: lesh
  • Armenian: լեշ ‎(leš)
  • Aromanian: leșŭ
  • Bulgarian: леш ‎(leš)
  • Byzantine Greek: λέσι ‎(lési)
    • Greek: λέσι ‎(lési)
  • Crimean Tatar: leş
  • Georgian: ლეში ‎(leši)
  • Romanian: leș
  • Serbo-Croatian: leš / леш

Etymology 2

Probably cognate with Old English læċċan ‎(“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”).

Noun

لاش • ‎(lâš)

1. loot, booty, plunder

Related terms

• لاشیدن ‎(lâšidan)
• لاش کردن ‎(lâš kardan)

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian لاش ‎(lâš).

Noun

لاش • ‎(lāš) f ‎(Hindi spelling लाश)

1. corpse

See also

• لاشہ ‎(lāša)