"واش" meaning in Moroccan Arabic

See واش in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /waːʃ/ Forms: wāš [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ (waʔayyu šayʔin). Etymology templates: {{inh|ary|ar|وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ}} Arabic وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ (waʔayyu šayʔin) Head templates: {{ary-particle|tr=wāš}} واش • (wāš)
  1. Interrogative particle that is added to the beginning of a declarative sentence to change it into a yes-or-no question.

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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ (waʔayyu šayʔin).",
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          "english": "Do you want to come to Morocco at the end of the year?",
          "roman": "wāš ḥābbīn tjīw l-el-maḡrib f-rās el-ʕām?",
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