چیز
Persian
Alternative forms
- چی (či)
Etymology
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 *kʷís, *kʷos (“who, which, what”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːz/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiːz]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiːz]
- (Tehrani) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiz]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čīz |
| Dari reading? | čīz |
| Iranian reading? | čiz |
| Tajik reading? | čiz |
- Rhymes: -iːz
Noun
| Dari | چیز |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | чиз |
چیز • (čiz) (plural چیزها (čiz-hâ))
- thing
- matter
- object
- (informal) A thing, something, thingamajig (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).
Related terms
- چیزی (čizi)
Descendants
References
- ^ 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
Etymology
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
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːz/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -iːz
Noun
چِیز • (cīz) f (Hindi spelling चीज़)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | چِیز (cīz) | چِیزیں (cīzẽ) |
| oblique | چِیز (cīz) | چِیزوں (cīzõ) |
| vocative | چِیز (cīz) | چِیزو (cīzo) |
Further reading
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چيز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.