चीज़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• चीज (cīj)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːz/, /t͡ʃiːd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian چیز (čiz, “object, thing, stuff”).

Noun

चीज़ • (cīz) f (Urdu spelling چیز)

1. thing, object, item
   1. precious object

Synonyms

• वस्तु (vastu)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cheese.

Noun

चीज़ • (cīz) m

1. cheese

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “320”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “چيز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.