ناز

See also: نار

Azerbaijani

Noun

ناز

1. Arabic spelling of naz

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ناز (nâz).

Noun

ناز • (naz)

1. affected or timid shyness, coiness; coquettish airs
2. whims; waywardness
3. the endearments bestowed on a loved one

Derived terms

• نازلانمق, نازلنمق (nazlanmak)
• نازلو (nazlı)

Related terms

• نازش (naziş)
• نازنده (nazende)

Descendants

• Turkish: naz
• → Albanian: naz/naze
• → Greek: νάζι (názi)
• → Romanian: nazuri

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ناز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2062

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nɑːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔz]

Readings
Classical reading?	nāz
Dari reading?	nāz
Iranian reading?	nâz
Tajik reading?	noz

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Parthian nʾz (nāz, “pleasure, delight”) or inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (nʾz- /⁠nāz-⁠/, “to take pleasure, to delight”, whence the verb نازیدن (nâzidan)), both from Proto-Iranian *nāz- (“to be coquettish”). No Indo-European etymology per Cheung 2007.

Noun

Dari	ناز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ноз

ناز • (nâz)

1. vanity, pride; mincing air; feigned disdain; affective coyness; coquetry, flirtation
   • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Rubaʿī 81”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎^[2]:

     تا سر نکنم در سرت ای مایهٔ ناز
     کوته نکنم ز دامنت دست نیاز
     هرچند که راهم به تو دورست و دراز
     در راه بمیرم و نگردم ز تو باز

     tā sar na-kunam dar sar-at ay māyi-yi nāz
     kōtah na-kunam zi dāman-at dast-i niyāz
     harčand ki rāh-am bi tu dūr ast u darāz
     dar rāh bimīram u na-gardam zi tu bāz

     Till I thrust myself at your side, o essence of coyness,
     I shall not withdraw the hand of supplication from your skirt;
     Though my road to you is distant and long,
     I shall die on the road, and not turn away from you again.

     (Classical Persian transliteration.)

2. fondling; ogling
3. (archaic) luxury; comfort; delight
4. Short for گل ناز (gol-e nâz, “purslane”).

Usage notes

• The term has no exact equivalence in English.

Derived terms

• ناز و نیاز (nâz o niyâz)
• ناز کردن (nâz kardan)
• نازی (nâzi)
• نازیدن (nâzidan)

 

Descendants

• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܵܙܹܐ (nāzē)
• → Azerbaijani: naz
• → Chagatai: ناز
  • Uyghur: ناز (naz)
  • Uzbek: noz
• → Georgian: ნაზი (nazi)
• → Gujarati: નાજ (nāj), નાઝ (nājh)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नाज़ (nāz)

  Urdu: ناز (nāz)

• → Middle Armenian: նազ (naz)
  • → Armenian: նազ (naz)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ناز (naz)
  • Turkish: naz
  • → Albanian: naz/naze
  • → Greek: νάζι (názi)
  • → Romanian: nazuri
• → Punjabi: ناز (nāz)
• → Pashto: ناز
• → Sindhi: ناز

Etymology 2

Shortened from نازنین (nâzanin).

Adjective

ناز • (nâz)

1. (colloquial) cute

   Synonym: ملوس (malus)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ناز (nāz), from Parthian nʾz (nāz, “pleasure, delight”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑːz/

• Audio:

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Noun

ناز • (nāz) m (Hindi spelling नाज़)

1. blandishment
2. playfulness, toying, fondling
3. pride
4. conceit
5. whims
6. softness
7. elegance, gracefulness

Further reading

• “ناز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ناز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “ناز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu ناز (nāz).

Noun

ناز (nāz)

1. love, pampering, overindulgence

Uyghur

Etymology

From Persian ناز (nâz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑz/

Noun

ناز • (naz) (plural نازلار (nazlar))

1. coquetry, coyness

Further reading

• Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN