नाज़ुकी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نازکی (nāzukī). By surface analysis, नाज़ुक (nāzuk) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.zʊ.kiː/, [näː.zʊ.kiː], /nɑː.d͡ʒʊ.kiː/, [näː.d͡ʒʊ.kiː]

Noun

नाज़ुकी • (nāzukī) f (Urdu spelling نازکی)

1. tenderness, softness
2. frailty

Declension

Declension of नाज़ुकी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नाज़ुकी nāzukī	नाज़ुकियाँ nāzukiyā̃
oblique	नाज़ुकी nāzukī	नाज़ुकियों nāzukiyõ
vocative	नाज़ुकी nāzukī	नाज़ुकियो nāzukiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “nāzuk”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press