Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nzdyk' /⁠nazdīk⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *názdyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *názdyas. One of a few adjectives that has preserved the final -g/k phoneme and did not undergo the regular sound change from Middle Persian to Modern Persian. Others include تاریک (târik, dark) and باریک (bârik, slender).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? nazdīk
Dari reading? nazdīk
Iranian reading? nazdik
Tajik reading? nazdik

Adjective edit

Dari نزدیک
Iranian Persian
Tajik наздик

نزدیک (nazdik) (comparative نزدیک‌تَر (nazdik-tar), superlative نزدیک‌تَرین (nazdik-tarin))

  1. close
  2. near
  3. neighbouring

Preposition edit

نزدیک (nazdik)

  1. near
  2. by
  3. beside

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Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian نزدیک (nazdīk).

Adjective edit

نزدیک (nazdīk) (Hindi spelling नज़दीक)

  1. close, closeby
  2. near, nearby

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