قیمہ
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See also: قیمه
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قیمه (qīma, “ground meat, mincemeat”), likely ultimately from Turkic. Compare Ottoman Turkish قیمه (kıyma), Punjabi ਕ਼ੀਮਾ (qīmā) / قِیمہ (qīmh), Gujarati ખીમો (khīmo), Marathi खिमा (khimā), Bengali কিমা (kima).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qiː.mɑː/, /kiː.mɑː/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
قِیمَہ • (qīmā) m (Hindi spelling क़ीमा)
- mincemeat, ground meat
- قِیمَہ کَرْنَا ― qīmā karnā ― to mince
Descendants
References
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قيمہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.