चीज़

See also: चीज

Hindi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːz/, /t͡ʃiːd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -iːz

Etymology 1

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Iranian *čiš-čid
    Classical Persian چِیز (čīz)bor.
    Hindi चीज़ (cīz)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian چیز (čīz, “object, thing, stuff”). Compare Punjabi ਚੀਜ਼ (cīz) / چِیز (cīz), Gujarati ચીજ (cīj), Marathi चीज (cīj), Nepali चिज (cij), Bengali চিজ (cij).

    Noun

    चीज़ • (cīz) f (Urdu spelling چِیز)

    1. thing, object, item
      Synonyms: वस्तु (vastu), जिन्स (jins)
    2. (music) cheez
    Declension
    Declension of चीज़ (fem cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct चीज़
    cīz     		चीज़ें
    cīzẽ
    oblique चीज़
    cīz     		चीज़ों
    cīzõ
    vocative चीज़
    cīz     		चीज़ो
    cīzo

    Etymology 2

  • Etymology tree
    Latin cāseusbor.
    Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz
    Proto-West Germanic *kāsī
    Old English ċīese
    Middle English chese
    English cheesebor.
    Hindi चीज़ (cīz)

    Borrowed from English cheese.

    Noun

    चीज़ • (cīz) m (Urdu spelling چِیز)

    1. cheese
    Declension
    Declension of चीज़ (masc cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct चीज़
    cīz     		चीज़
    cīz
    oblique चीज़
    cīz     		चीज़ों
    cīzõ
    vocative चीज़
    cīz     		चीज़ो
    cīzo

    Further reading

    • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चीज़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
    • “चीज़”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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