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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جیغ (jīğ, “scream; squawk”).
Pronunciation
Noun
چِیخ • (cīx) m (Hindi spelling चीख़)
- scream; screech
- shriek; squeal
References
- “چیخ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چیخ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “چیخ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “چیخ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.