क़ीमा
Hindi
Etymology
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
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /qiː.mɑː/, [qiː.mäː], /kiː.mɑː/, [kiː.mäː]
Noun
क़ीमा • (qīmā) m (Urdu spelling قِیمَہ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | क़ीमा qīmā |
क़ीमे qīme |
| oblique | क़ीमे qīme |
क़ीमों qīmõ |
| vocative | क़ीमे qīme |
क़ीमो qīmo |
Descendants
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़ीमा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press