جائزہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جائزه (jā'iza, “prize; examination; confirmation”), from Arabic جَائِزَة (jāʔiza, “prize, reward”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑː.jɪ.zɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: جا‧ئِ‧زَہ

Noun

جائِزَہ • (jāiza) m (Hindi spelling जायज़ा)

1. survey
2. inspection, examination
3. present, prize

Declension

Declension of جائزہ
	singular	plural
direct	جائِزہ (jā'izah)	جائِزے (jā'ize)
oblique	جائِزے (jā'ize)	جائِزوں (jā'izõ)
vocative	جائِزے (jā'ize)	جائِزو (jā'izo)

Further reading

• “جائزہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “جائزہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جائزه”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 225