• Used in South African English and Afrikaans to express exasperation or disbelief. The word was first transliterated from the Xhosa language to Afrikaans, and then into South African English.


    Eish meaning & definition 1 of Eish.


  • In South Africa its an interjection and black people say eish if they made a mistake or are shocked etc.

    Eish meaning & definition 2 of Eish.


  • A South African word derived from Xhosa, now used in all languages within South Africa and some neighbouring countries.

    Eish is one of the reasons South Africa is so great, it can express anything from excitement to horror.

    I will explain in the examples:

    1. Excited
    2. Horrified
    3. Angry
    4. Happy
    5. Shocked
    6. Accident

    A) Taxi

    😎 Domestic worker

    Eish meaning & definition 3 of Eish.


  • Used to describe a situation, person, thing, or mood. It can also be used as an exclamation. See also: sketch.

    Eish meaning & definition 4 of Eish.


  • a valley-girl type slang used to show a negative response to something. anything considered not cool could be called eishy.

    also the sound made when one farts after anal sex

    Eish meaning & definition 5 of Eish.


  • A short nickname for the noun [Ayesha].

    Eish meaning & definition 6 of Eish.

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