غلیظ

See also: غليظ

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَلِيظ (ḡalīẓ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɣa.ˈliːz/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣä.líːz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣä.líːz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣä.líz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.líːz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁä.líz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ġalīz
Dari reading^?	ġalīz
Iranian reading^?	ġaliz
Tajik reading^?	ġaliz

Adjective

غلیظ • (ġalīz / ġaliz) (Tajik spelling ғализ)

thick (having a viscous consistency)
thick (impenetrable to sight, for example fog, dust in the air)
(of an accent) thick (difficult to understand or poorly articulated)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ग़लीज़ (ġalīz)

Urdu: غَلِیظ (ġalīz)
→ Kannada: ಗಲೀಜು (galīju)
- → Tamil: கலீஜு (kalīju)
→ Telugu: గలీజు (galīju)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ġalīz), from Arabic غَلِيظ (ḡalīẓ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɣə.liːz/

Noun

غَلِیظ • (ġalīz) m (Hindi spelling ग़लीज़)

filthy, dirty, nasty, foul
thick, condensed, gross, rude

Further reading

“غلیظ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “غلیظ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.