جہیز

Urdu

Alternative forms

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)

  1. dowry

Declension

Declension of جہیز
singular plural
direct جَہیز (jahez) جَہیز (jahez)
oblique جَہیز (jahez) جَہیزوں (jahezō̃)
vocative جَہیز (jahez) جَہیزو (jahezō)

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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جہيز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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