Daesh

or Da'ish or Da'esh

[ dahsh, dah-eesh ]

noun

1. a name used to refer to ISIS/ISIL, the radical Sunni Muslim organization: use of this name is said to delegitimize the group's claim to be an "Islamic state."

Word History and Origins

Origin of Daesh¹

Acronym of the group's full Arabic name, al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham , translated as “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (or the Levant)”

Example Sentences

Even then, though, things remain at a fever pitch—highlighted by one mission that concludes with Mahmud and Shejk being pursued on a remote road by a truck full of Daesh fighters who honk menacingly at them before opening fire.

From The Daily Beast

I had expected a bigger crowd and asked him if it was because of Daesh (the Arabic name of ISIS).

From The Daily Beast