چيك

• جيك
• (country): تشيك

• (verb): (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəjːək/
• (noun): (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeːk/
• (adjective, proper noun): (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːk/

From English check. Cognate with Hijazi Arabic شيك (šayyak).

چَيَّك • (čayyak) (imperfective يِچَيِّك (yčayyik))

1. (intransitive) (with على (ʕala, “on”)) to check, to inquire, to make sure

   چيك شكثر عندك فلوس ― čayyik škɪṯir ʕindik raṣīd ― Check how much money you have

   چيك عالبيبان قبل لا تنام ― čayyik ʕal-bībān gabiḷ lā tnām ― Check the doors before you sleep

From English cheque.

چيك • (čēk) m (plural چيكات (čēkāt))

1. bank cheque, check

   - المسكين ليش قطوه السجن؟ - كاتب چيكات بدون رصيد

   - The poor guy, why did they throw him in jail? - He wrote cheques without balance

   - il-miskīn lēš gaṭṭō bis-sijin? - kātib čēkāt bidūn raṣīd

Either from Persian شیک (šik) or from English chic. The affrication of the /ʃ/ is somewhat common in the Sharg subdialect of Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic (which is heavily influenced by Persian), but could also be a result of borrowing sound based on the orthography from English.

چيك • (čīk) m or f

1. elegant, fashionable, chic

   Synonyms: كشخة (kašḵa), كول (kūl)

   ملابسك ماشالله حيل چيك ― malābsik māšāḷḷā ḥēl čīk ― Your clothes are, God bless, really chic

From Arabic التشيك.

چيك • (čīk) f

1. (defined) Czech Republic

   ولا مرة سافرت الچيك ― wila marra sāfart ič-čīk ― I have never travelled to Czech