چیز

See also: جير, خير, خیز, خیر, جيز, and خ ي ر

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *čiš-čid / *čiš-čit, from Proto-Iranian *čiš + a suffix *čit of unknown, possibly reduplicative, origin. The former component is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kíš, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, *kʷos (“who, which, what”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiːz]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiːz]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiz]
 

Readings
Classical reading? čīz
Dari reading? čīz
Iranian reading? čiz
Tajik reading? čiz

Noun
Dari چیز
Iranian Persian
Tajik чиз

چیز • (čiz) (plural چیزها (čiz-hâ))

  1. thing
  2. matter
  3. object

Descendants
  • → Bengali: চিজ (cij)
  • → Gujarati: ચીજ (cīj)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: चीज़ (cīz)
    Urdu: چِیز (cīz)
  • → Marathi: चीज (cīj)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਚੀਜ਼ (cīz)
    Shahmukhi script: چِیز (cīz)

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 203
  2. Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 267

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːz/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

چِیز • (cīz) f (Hindi spelling चीज़)

  1. thing
  2. object
  3. item
  4. precious object

Declension
Declension of چیز
singular plural
direct چِیز (cīz) چِیزیں (cīzẽ)
oblique چِیز (cīz) چِیزوں (cīzõ)
vocative چِیز (cīz) چِیزو (cīzo)

References
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چيز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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