ayyaş

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عیاش (ʿayyaş, “fond of good living and merriment, a toper, sot”), from Arabic عَيَّاشْ (ʕayyāš, “one who lives in prosperity”), from عَاشَ (ʕāša, “to live, to be alive”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ajˈjaʃ/ Hyphenation: ay‧yaş === Noun === ayyaş (definite accusative ayyaşı, plural ayyaşlar) drunkard, drunk Synonyms: içkici, içici, keş, küplü, (archaic) bekri ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “ayyaş”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ayyaş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 397