چیز
Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
- چی (či)
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiːz]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiz]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | čīz |
Dari reading? | čīz |
Iranian reading? | čiz |
Tajik reading? | čiz |
Noun edit
Dari | چیز |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | чиз |
چیز • (čiz) (plural چیزها (čiz-hâ))
Related terms edit
- چیزی (čizi)
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 267
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːz/
Audio (PK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːz
Noun edit
چِیز • (cīz) f (Hindi spelling चीज़)
Declension edit
Declension of چیز | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | چِیز (cīz) | چِیزیں (cīzẽ) |
oblique | چِیز (cīz) | چِیزوں (cīzõ) |
vocative | چِیز (cīz) | چِیزو (cīzo) |
References edit
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چيز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.