قیمہ
See also: قیمه
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian قیمه (qīma, “ground meat, mincemeat”), likely ultimately from Turkic. Compare Ottoman Turkish قیمه (kıyma) (whence modern Turkish kıyma (“minced meat”)), Punjabi ਕ਼ੀਮਾ (qīmā) / قِیمہ (qīmh), Gujarati ખીમો (khīmo), Marathi खिमा (khimā), Bengali কিমা (kima).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qiː.mɑː/
Audio (IN) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun edit
قِیمَہ • (qīmā) m (Hindi spelling क़ीमा)
- mincemeat, ground meat
- قِیمَہ کَرْنَا ― qīmā karnā ― to mince
Descendants edit
References edit
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قيمہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.