چیخ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جیغ (jīğ, scream; squawk).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːx/
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Noun

چِیخ • (cīx) m (Hindi spelling चीख़)

  1. scream; screech
  2. shriek; squeal
  • چِیخ پُکار (cīx-pukār, outcry, tumult)
  • چیخنا (cīxnā, to scream)

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 Thompson (1884) “چیخ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • چیخ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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