चिज

Nepali

Alternative forms

• चीज (cīj)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

चिज • (cij)

1. thing, object, item

Synonyms

• वस्तु (vastu)

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