جہیز

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Urdu[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian جَهیز (jahēz).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

جَہیز (jahezm (Hindi spelling जहेज़)

  1. dowry

Declension[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • 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.