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Abbreviation.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eHs-der.? Proto-Germanic *askǭ Proto-West Germanic *askā Old English æsce Middle English asshe English ash From Middle English aisshe, asche, ash, asshe, axe, eshe, esk, from Old English acse, asċe, axe, axse, æsċe, from Proto-West Germanic *askā, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (“ash”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2eHs- (“to be dry; to burn; hearth; ashes”). Cognates Cognate with Yola ashen, oaskean (“ashes”), Saterland Frisian Ääske (“ash”), West Frisian jiske (“ash”), Alemannic German Äsche (“ash”), Cimbrian èssa (“ash”), Dutch as, asch (“ash”), German Asche (“ash”), Limburgish Aïsch, Aïsche, Äsch (“ash; grayling”), Luxembourgish Äsch (“ash”), Vilamovian oś, oš (“ash”), Yiddish אַש (ash, “ash”), Danish aske (“ash”), Faroese øska (“ash, ashes”), Icelandic and Swedish aska (“ash”), Norwegian Bokmål aske (“ash”), Norwegian Nynorsk oske (“ash”), Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 (azgō, “ash; cinder”); Breton and Cornish ster (“stars”), Welsh sêr (“stars”), Latin āreō (“to be dry or parched; to be dried up or withered”), Greek αστέρας (astéras), αστέρι (astéri), άστρο (ástro, “star”), Armenian աստուճ (astuč), աշտուճ (aštuč, “dry (of bread)”), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭 (star, “star”), Baluchi استار (astár / istár), استال (istál, “star”), Central Kurdish ئەستێرە (estêre, “star”), Northern Kurdish stêr (“star”), Ossetian стъалы (st’aly, “star”), Pashto ستوری (stóray, “star”), Persian سِتَارَه (setāra / sitâre, “star; destiny, fate; spark”), Hittite 𒄩𒀸𒊭𒀀𒀸 (ḫa-aš-ša-a-aš, “fireplace, hearth”), Ashkun istã́ (“star”), Tocharian A āştär (“pure”), Tocharian B astare (“pure”), Sanskrit आस (āsa, “ashes; dust”). The rare plural axen is from Middle English axen, axnen, from Old English axan, asċan (“ashes”) (plural of Old English axe, æsċe (“ash”)).

From Middle English aissh, asch, asche, ashe, assche, assh, asshe, esch, haish, from Old English æsċ, from Proto-West Germanic *ask, from Proto-Germanic *askaz (“ash”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh3s- (“ash”). Cognates Cognate with Scots aish (“ash”), North Frisian eskebuum (“ash”), West Frisian esk (“ash”), Cimbrian ess (“ash”), Dutch es (“ash”), German Esche (“ash”), Limburgish èsj (“ash”), Luxembourgish Esch (“ash”), Yiddish אַשבוים (ashboym, “ash”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ask (“ash”), Faroese ask, askur (“ash”), Icelandic askur (“ash”); also Welsh onn, ynn (“ash”), Latin ornus (“rowan”), Greek οξιά (oxiá, “beech; wood”), Albanian ah (“beech”), Latgalian ūss (“ash”), Latvian osis (“ash”), Lithuanian uosis (“ash”), Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian я́сень (jásenʹ, “ash”), Bulgarian я́сен (jásen, “ash”), Czech jasan (“ash”), Macedonian јасен (jasen, “ash”), Polish jasion, jesion (“ash”), Serbo-Croatian ја̏се̄н, jȁsēn (“ash”), Slovak jaseň (“ash”), Slovene jésen (“ash”), Armenian հացի (hacʻi, “ash”).

Transliteration of Persian آش.

345 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abaza: хъва (qwa) — solid remains of a fire
• Abkhaz: аццышә (accəŝw) — solid remains of a fire
• Acehnese: abée — solid remains of a fire
• Afar: gombod — solid remains of a fire
• Casiguran Dumagat Agta: abu — solid remains of a fire
• Aklanon: abo — solid remains of a fire
• Albanian: hi — solid remains of a fire
• Southern Altai: кӱл (kül) — solid remains of a fire
• Amharic: አመድ (ʾämäd) — solid remains of a fire
• Chungli Ao: aut — solid remains of a fire
• Arabic: رَمَاد (ramād) — solid remains of a fire
• Arabic: سَكَن (sakan) — solid remains of a fire
• Arabic: رماد (ramād) — solid remains of a fire
• Arabic: رَماد (ramād) — solid remains of a fire
• Aragonese: senra — solid remains of a fire
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܸܛܡܵܐ (qiṭma) — solid remains of a fire
• Aramaic: ܩܛܡܐ (qeṭmā) — solid remains of a fire
• Argobba: ሀመድ (hämäd) — solid remains of a fire
• Armenian: մոխիր (moxir) — solid remains of a fire
• Aromanian: cinushi — solid remains of a fire
• Aromanian: cinushe — solid remains of a fire
• Assamese: ছাই (sai) — solid remains of a fire
• Asturian: ceniza — solid remains of a fire
• Atong (India): thapyra — solid remains of a fire
• Avar: мухӏур (muḥrur) — solid remains of a fire
• Avar: рахъу (raqxu) — solid remains of a fire
• Azerbaijani: kül — solid remains of a fire
• Bakung: abu — solid remains of a fire
• Bashkir: көл (köl) — solid remains of a fire
• Basque: errauts — solid remains of a fire
• Karo Batak: abu — solid remains of a fire
• Baure: po'ip — solid remains of a fire
• Belarusian: по́пел (pópjel) — solid remains of a fire
• Belarusian: зала́ (zalá) — solid remains of a fire
• Bengali: ছাই (chai) — solid remains of a fire
• Boloki: mputulu — solid remains of a fire
• Bonkiman: kweʌk — solid remains of a fire
• Breton: ludu — solid remains of a fire
• Budukh: рехъ (req) — solid remains of a fire
• Buginese: awu — solid remains of a fire
• Bulgarian: пе́пел (pépel) — solid remains of a fire
• Burmese: ပြာ (pra) — solid remains of a fire
• Carpathian Rusyn: попіль (popilʹ) — solid remains of a fire
• Catalan: cendra — solid remains of a fire
• Catalan: cendre — solid remains of a fire
• Cebuano: abo — solid remains of a fire
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵖⴷ (iɣd) — solid remains of a fire
• Chamicuro: kajchijpe — solid remains of a fire
• Chamorro: apu — solid remains of a fire
• Chechen: чим (čim) — solid remains of a fire
• Cherokee: ᎪᏍᏚ (gosdu) — solid remains of a fire
• Chichewa: chipala — solid remains of a fire
• Chichewa: phulusa — solid remains of a fire
• Chinese Cantonese: 灰 (fui1) — solid remains of a fire
• Chinese: хуэй (huey) — solid remains of a fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 灰 (huī) — solid remains of a fire
• Chuvash: кӗл (kĕl) — solid remains of a fire
• East Circassian: сахуэ (saxwɛ) — solid remains of a fire
• West Circassian: яжьэ (jaźɛ) — solid remains of a fire
• Cornish: lusu — solid remains of a fire
• Crimean Tatar: kül — solid remains of a fire
• Czech: popel — solid remains of a fire
• Dalmatian: canaisa — solid remains of a fire
• Danish: aske — solid remains of a fire
• Dargwa: палда (palda) — solid remains of a fire
• Dongxiang: funiesun — solid remains of a fire
• Dutch: as — solid remains of a fire
• Dutch: asse — solid remains of a fire
• Egyptian: i-t:n:nw*W-fnD:Z2 (jtnw) — solid remains of a fire
• Erzya: кулов (kulov) — solid remains of a fire
• Esperanto: cindro — solid remains of a fire
• Estonian: tuhk — solid remains of a fire
• Etruscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌑𐌄𐌍𐌀 class inanimate (faśena) — solid remains of a fire
• Even: хултэн (hultən) — solid remains of a fire
• Farefare: tãmpɛglʋm — solid remains of a fire
• Faroese: øska — solid remains of a fire
• Finnish: tuhka — solid remains of a fire
• Franco-Provençal: cindra — solid remains of a fire
• French: cendre — solid remains of a fire
• West-Frisian: jiske — solid remains of a fire
• Friulian: cinise — solid remains of a fire
• Gagauz: kül — solid remains of a fire
• Galician: cinza — solid remains of a fire
• Galician: cinsa — solid remains of a fire
• Galician: borralla — solid remains of a fire
• Galician: borrallo — solid remains of a fire
• Gallurese: chixina — solid remains of a fire
• Gallurese: cinus — solid remains of a fire
• Georgian: ნაცარი (nacari) — solid remains of a fire
• Georgian: ფერფლი (perpli) — solid remains of a fire
• German: Asche — solid remains of a fire
• German: Äsche — solid remains of a fire
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 (azgō) — solid remains of a fire
• Greek: στάχτη (stáchti) — solid remains of a fire
• Greek: τέφρα (téfra) — solid remains of a fire
• Ancient Greek: σποδός (spodós) — solid remains of a fire
• Ancient Greek: τέφρα (téphra) — solid remains of a fire
• Ancient Greek: κόνις (kónis) — solid remains of a fire
• Greenlandic: arsat — solid remains of a fire
• Gujarati: રાખ (rākh) — solid remains of a fire
• Haitian Creole: sann — solid remains of a fire
• Hawaiian: lehu — solid remains of a fire
• Hebrew: אֵפֶר (éfer) — solid remains of a fire
• Higaonon: abu — solid remains of a fire
• Hiligaynon: abu — solid remains of a fire
• Hindi: राख (rākh) — solid remains of a fire
• White Hmong: tshauv — solid remains of a fire
• Hungarian: hamu — solid remains of a fire
• Iban: abu — solid remains of a fire
• Iban: amau — solid remains of a fire
• Icelandic: aska — solid remains of a fire
• Ido: cindro — solid remains of a fire
• Ilocano: dapo — solid remains of a fire
• Indonesian: abu — solid remains of a fire
• Ingrian: tuhka — solid remains of a fire
• Ingush: чил (čil) — solid remains of a fire
• Interlingua: cinere — solid remains of a fire
• Iranun: umbi — solid remains of a fire
• Irish: luaith — solid remains of a fire
• Irish: luaithreach — solid remains of a fire
• Irish: luaithreamhán — solid remains of a fire
• Italian: cenere — solid remains of a fire
• Ivatan: avo — solid remains of a fire
• Japanese: 灰 (hai) — solid remains of a fire
• Javanese: awu — solid remains of a fire
• Kaingang: mrẽj — solid remains of a fire
• Kanakanabu: abu — solid remains of a fire
• Kannada: ಬೂದಿ (būdi) — solid remains of a fire
• Kapampangan: abu — solid remains of a fire
• Karachay-Balkar: кюл (kül) — solid remains of a fire
• Kashmiri: سوٗر (sūr) — solid remains of a fire
• Kashubian: pòpiół — solid remains of a fire
• Kazakh: күл (kül) — solid remains of a fire
• Khmer: កំញម (kɑmñɑɑm) — solid remains of a fire
• Khvarshi: йулӏу (yuƛu) — solid remains of a fire
• Kikuyu: mũhu — solid remains of a fire
• Kiput: abew — solid remains of a fire
• Korean: 재 (jae) — solid remains of a fire
• Kumyk: кюл (kül) — solid remains of a fire
• Central Kurdish: خۆڵەمێش (xollemêş) — solid remains of a fire
• Northern Kurdish: xwelî — solid remains of a fire
• Kyrgyz: күл (kül) — solid remains of a fire
• Lak: лах (lax) — solid remains of a fire
• Lao: ເທົ່າ (thao) — solid remains of a fire
• Latgalian: palni — solid remains of a fire
• Latin: cinis — solid remains of a fire
• Latin: afa — solid remains of a fire
• Latvian: pelni — solid remains of a fire
• Lezgi: руьхъ (rüq) — solid remains of a fire
• Ligurian: çenee — solid remains of a fire
• Lingala: putulu — solid remains of a fire
• Lingala: mputulu — solid remains of a fire
• Linngithigh: ibhi — solid remains of a fire
• Lithuanian: pelenai — solid remains of a fire
• Lokono: balisi — solid remains of a fire
• Lombard: zener — solid remains of a fire
• Lü: ᦑᧁᧈ (taw1) — solid remains of a fire
• Luhya: likokhe — solid remains of a fire
• Luxembourgish: Äsch — solid remains of a fire
• Macedonian: пе́пел (pépel) — solid remains of a fire
• Maguindanao: umbi — solid remains of a fire
• Malagasy: lavènona — solid remains of a fire
• Malay: ابو abu — solid remains of a fire
• Malay: دبو debu — solid remains of a fire
• Malay: دولي duli — solid remains of a fire
• Malay: لبو lebu — solid remains of a fire
• Malayalam: ചാരം (cāraṁ) — solid remains of a fire
• Maltese: irmied — solid remains of a fire
• Manchu: ᡶᡠᠯᡝᠩᡤᡳ (fulenggi) — solid remains of a fire
• Manipuri: ꯎꯠ (ʼut) — solid remains of a fire
• Northern Mansi: хӯльм (hūlʹm) — solid remains of a fire
• Māori: pokorehu — solid remains of a fire
• Māori: pungarehu — solid remains of a fire
• Māori: rehu — solid remains of a fire
• Maranao: ombi — solid remains of a fire
• Marathi: राख (rākh) — solid remains of a fire
• Megleno-Romanian: tșănușă — solid remains of a fire
• Central Melanau: dabou — solid remains of a fire
• Moksha: кулу (kulu) — solid remains of a fire
• Mongolian: үнс (üns) — solid remains of a fire
• Mongolian: нурам (nuram) — solid remains of a fire
• Mongolian: ᠦᠨᠡᠰᠦ (ünesü) — solid remains of a fire
• Mongolian: ᠨᠤᠷᠮ᠎ᠠ (nurm-a) — solid remains of a fire
• Moore: tompeglem — solid remains of a fire
• Mwani: rivu — solid remains of a fire
• Nanai: пунэктэн (punekten) — solid remains of a fire
• Navajo: łeeshchʼih — solid remains of a fire
• Neapolitan: cènnera — solid remains of a fire
• Nepali: खरानी (kharānī) — solid remains of a fire
• Norman: chendre — solid remains of a fire
• Norwegian Bokmål: aske — solid remains of a fire
• Norwegian Nynorsk: oske — solid remains of a fire
• Occitan: cendre — solid remains of a fire
• Odia: ପାଉଁଶ (pāũśa) — solid remains of a fire
• Northern Ohlone: júki' — solid remains of a fire
• Ojibwe: bingwi — solid remains of a fire
• Church Slavic: пепелъ (pepelŭ) — solid remains of a fire
• Church Slavic: попелъ (popelŭ) — solid remains of a fire
• Church Slavic: ⱂⰵⱂⰵⰾⱏ (pepelŭ) — solid remains of a fire
• Church Slavic: ⱂⱁⱂⰵⰾⱏ (popelŭ) — solid remains of a fire
• Old East Slavic: попелъ (popelŭ) — solid remains of a fire
• Old East Slavic: пепелъ (pepelŭ) — solid remains of a fire
• Old English: æsċe — solid remains of a fire
• Oromo: daaraa — solid remains of a fire
• Ossetian: ӕртхутӕг (ærtxutæg) — solid remains of a fire
• Pannonian Rusyn: ґар (gar) — solid remains of a fire
• Pannonian Rusyn: пирня (pirnja) — solid remains of a fire
• Papiamentu: shinishi — solid remains of a fire
• Iranian Persian: خاکِسْتَر (xâkestar) — solid remains of a fire
• Piedmontese: sëner — solid remains of a fire
• Pitjantjatjara: unu — solid remains of a fire
• Plautdietsch: Ausch — solid remains of a fire
• Polabian: püpel — solid remains of a fire
• Polish: popiół — solid remains of a fire
• Portuguese: cinzas — solid remains of a fire
• Punjabi: ਸੁਆਹ (suāha) — solid remains of a fire
• Quechua: uchpa — solid remains of a fire
• Rapa Nui: ikuvera — solid remains of a fire
• Rohingya: sai — solid remains of a fire
• Romagnol: zéndra — solid remains of a fire
• Romanian: cenușă — solid remains of a fire
• Romanian: scrum — solid remains of a fire
• Romansh: tschendra — solid remains of a fire
• Russian: пе́пел (pépel) — solid remains of a fire
• Russian: зола́ (zolá) — solid remains of a fire
• Saanich: K̵OYEĆ — solid remains of a fire
• Samoan: lefulefu — solid remains of a fire
• Sango: pupuru — solid remains of a fire
• Sanskrit: भस्म (bhasma) — solid remains of a fire
• Sanskrit: आस (āsa) — solid remains of a fire
• Campidanese Sardinian: cinixu — solid remains of a fire
• Sardinian: chixina — solid remains of a fire
• Sassarese: chixina — solid remains of a fire
• Sassarese: chisgina — solid remains of a fire
• Scottish Gaelic: luath — solid remains of a fire
• Scottish Gaelic: luaithre — solid remains of a fire
• Serbo-Croatian: пе̏пео — solid remains of a fire
• Serbo-Croatian: pȅpeo — solid remains of a fire
• Shan: တဝ်ႈ (tāo) — solid remains of a fire
• Shor: кӱл (kül) — solid remains of a fire
• Sicilian: cinnri — solid remains of a fire
• Sinhalese: අළු (aḷu) — solid remains of a fire
• Slovak: popol — solid remains of a fire
• Slovene: pepel — solid remains of a fire
• Lower Sorbian: popjeł — solid remains of a fire
• Upper Sorbian: popjeł — solid remains of a fire
• Spanish: ceniza — solid remains of a fire
• Spanish: favila — solid remains of a fire
• Sundanese: lebu — solid remains of a fire
• Svan: ქა̈მ (käm) — solid remains of a fire
• Swahili: majivu — solid remains of a fire
• Swahili: jivu — solid remains of a fire
• Swedish: aska — solid remains of a fire
• Sylheti: ꠍꠣꠟꠤ (sáli) — solid remains of a fire
• Tabasaran: рюкъ (rjuq̄) — solid remains of a fire
• Tagalog: abo — solid remains of a fire
• Tahitian: rehu — solid remains of a fire
• Tai Nüa: ᥖᥝ (taw) — solid remains of a fire
• Tajik: хокистар (xokistar) — solid remains of a fire
• Tamil: சாம்பல் (cāmpal) — solid remains of a fire
• Tarifit: iɣed — solid remains of a fire
• Tat: хокистэр — solid remains of a fire
• Tatar: көл (köl) — solid remains of a fire
• Telugu: బూడిద (būḍida) — solid remains of a fire
• Tetum: kadesan — solid remains of a fire
• Thai: เถ้า (tâo) — solid remains of a fire
• Tibetan: གོ་ཐལ (go thal) — solid remains of a fire
• Tigrinya: ሓሙኽሽቲ (ḥamuxšəti) — solid remains of a fire
• Tok Pisin: sit bilong faia — solid remains of a fire
• Tumbuka: phulusa — solid remains of a fire
• Turkish: kül — solid remains of a fire
• Ottoman Turkish: كول (kül) — solid remains of a fire
• Turkmen: kül — solid remains of a fire
• Tuvan: хүл (xül) — solid remains of a fire
• Udi: йекъ (jeq̇) — solid remains of a fire
• Udmurt: пень (peń) — solid remains of a fire
• Ukrainian: по́піл (pópil) — solid remains of a fire
• Ukrainian: зола́ (zolá) — solid remains of a fire
• Urdu: راکھ (rākh) — solid remains of a fire
• Uyghur: كۈل (kül) — solid remains of a fire
• Uzbek: kul — solid remains of a fire
• Venetan: sènare — solid remains of a fire
• Venetan: sènere — solid remains of a fire
• Vietnamese: tro — solid remains of a fire
• Vilamovian: oś — solid remains of a fire
• Vilamovian: oš — solid remains of a fire
• Volapük: zen — solid remains of a fire
• Walloon: cinde — solid remains of a fire
• Warlpiri: puna — solid remains of a fire
• Welsh: lludw — solid remains of a fire
• Woiwurrung: maneep — solid remains of a fire
• Wutunhua: ta — solid remains of a fire
• Yakan: abu — solid remains of a fire
• Yakut: күл (kül) — solid remains of a fire
• Yámana: afwa — solid remains of a fire
• Yiddish: אַש (ash) — solid remains of a fire
• Zande: kuke — solid remains of a fire
• Zealandic: asse — solid remains of a fire
• Zhuang: daeuh — solid remains of a fire
• Zulu: umlotha — solid remains of a fire
• Arabic: دَرْدَار (dardār) — wood
• Basque: lizarki — wood
• Bulgarian: ясен (jasen) — wood
• Chinese Mandarin: 桉樹材 /桉树材 — wood
• Chinese Mandarin: 桉树材 (ānshùcái) — wood
• Czech: jasanové dřevo — wood
• Danish: asketræ — wood
• Dutch: essenhout — wood
• Estonian: saar — wood
• Faroese: askviður — wood
• Faroese: ask — wood
• Finnish: saarni — wood
• French: frêne — wood
• German: Eschenholz — wood
• Greek: φλαμούρι (flamoúri) — wood
• Greek: μελιά (meliá) — wood
• Italian: frassino — wood
• Japanese: トネリコ材 (toneriko-zai) — wood
• Latin: frāxinus — wood
• Norwegian: ask — wood
• Polish: jesion — wood
• Portuguese: freixo — wood
• Russian: я́сень (jásenʹ) — wood
• Serbo-Croatian: jasenovina — wood
• Slovene: jesen — wood
• Spanish: fresno — wood
• Swedish: ask — wood
• Turkish: dişbudak — wood
• Bulgarian: аш (aš) — ae ligature
• Danish: æ — ae ligature
• Faroese: æ — ae ligature
• Finnish: æ-merkki — ae ligature
• French: e dans l'a — ae ligature
• Icelandic: æ — ae ligature
• Finnish: hehkuttaa — to reduce to a residue of ash
• German: veraschen — to reduce to a residue of ash
• Malayalam: ചാരമാവുക (cāramāvuka) — to reduce to a residue of ash
• Finnish: karistaa tuhka — to hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette
• Finnish: karistaa tuhkat — to hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette
• German: abaschen — to hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette
• German: aschen — to hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette
• Finnish: piirtää tuhkaristi — to mark with an ashen cross to observe Ash Wednesday
• Polish: posypywać popiołem — to mark with an ashen cross to observe Ash Wednesday
• Finnish: tuhkata — to cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes
• Sinhalese: නවදැලි හේන (nawadæli hēna) — to cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes