نقش و نگار

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈnaq.ʃu ni.ˈɡɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nǽq.ʃʊ nɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nǽq.ʃʊ nɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nǽqʃʊ nɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nǽqʃu ni.ɡɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nǽɢ.ʃo ne.ɡɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nǽq.ʃu ni.ɡɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	naqšu nigār
Dari reading?	naqšu nigār
Iranian reading?	nağšo negâr
Tajik reading?	naqšu nigor

Noun

نقش و نگار • (naqš o negâr)

1. ornamentation; decorations and adornment; paintings and images
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 287”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     هم گلستان خیالم ز تو پر نقش و نگار
     هم مشام دلم از زلف سمن‌سای تو خوش

     ham gulistān-i xayālam zi tō pur naqš u nigār
     ham mašām-i dilam az zulf-i saman-sā-yi tu xwaš

     The garden of my imagination is full of decoration thanks to you,
     My heart's sense of smell is pleased by your jasmine-rubbing locks.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 81:

     هر بیت من چو بیت مقدس ز روی حسن
     محتاج نیست هیچ بنقش و نگار هم

     har bayt-i man čū bayt-i maqdis zi rō-yi husn
     muhtāj nēst hēč ba-naqš u nigār ham

     Due to the face of his beauty, my every verse is like the Holy Temple [in Jerusalem],
     Nobody is in need of paintings and images either.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نقش و نگار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim