جہیز
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Urdu
Alternative forms
- دَہیز (dahez)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جَهیز (jahēz).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ɦeːz/
- Rhymes: -eːz
- Hyphenation: جَ‧ہیز
Noun
جَہیز • (jahez) m (Hindi spelling जहेज़)
Declension
| Declension of جہیز | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | جَہیز (jahez) | جَہیز (jahez) | ||||||
| oblique | جَہیز (jahez) | جَہیزوں (jahezõ) | ||||||
| vocative | جَہیز (jahez) | جَہیزو (jahezo) | ||||||
Further reading
- “جہیز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “جہیز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جہيز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.