چيس

Gulf Arabic
چيس جمعية (“supermarket bag”)

Alternative forms
  • جيس‎

Etymology

From Arabic كِيس‎ (kīs).

Pronunciation
  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːs/

Noun

چيس • (čīs) m (dual چيسين‎ (čīsēn), plural چياس‎ (čyās))

  1. a bag, usually disposable and made of plastic or paper, like ones given to supermarket shoppers (i.e. does not include travel bags/handbags/purses/backpacks, etc)
    ‏چيس زبالة‎ ― čīs zbāla ― a trash bag
    ‏چيس فستق‎ ― čīs fistuq ― a bag of pistachios

See also

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِيس‎ (kīs).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːs/

Noun

چيس (čīs) m (dual چيسين‎ (čīsēn), plural چياسة‎ (čyāsa))

  1. a bag, usually disposable and made of plastic or paper, like ones given to supermarket shoppers (i.e. does not include travel bags/handbags/purses/backpacks, etc)
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