चिज

Nepali

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡si(d)z]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: चिज्

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi चीज़ (cīz), from Classical Persian چِیز (čīz, “object, thing, stuff”).

Noun

चिज • (cij)

  1. thing, object, item
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cheese.

Noun

चिज • (cij)

  1. cheese

References

  • “चिज”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चीज”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “चिज्”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 174
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