चिज
Nepali
Alternative forms
- चीज (cīj)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡si(d)z]
- Phonetic Devanagari: चिज्
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Persian چیز (čiz, “object, thing, stuff”).
Noun
चिज • (cij)
- thing, object, item
Synonyms
- वस्तु (vastu)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English cheese.
Noun
चिज • (cij)
- cheese
References
- “चिज”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “चीज”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar