ग़लीज़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• गलीज (galīj) (nuqtaless)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غليظ (ḡalīẓ). Cognate with Tamil கலீஜு (kalīju).

Adjective

ग़लीज़ • (ġalīz) (Urdu spelling غَلِیظ)

1. dirty, filthy, foul, nasty

Noun

ग़लीज़ • (ġalīz) f (Urdu spelling غَلِیظ)

1. trash, rubbish, waste

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “गलीज”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ग़लीज़”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ग़लीज़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “ग़लीज़”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.