نگاه
Persian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Iranian *ni- + *kas- (“to look, appear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”) + *kʷeḱ- (“to see; to look”).[1] Related to آگاه (âgâh), and dialectal گاس (gâs).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ni.ɡɑːh]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ne.ɡɒːʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ni.ɡɔʱ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | nigāh |
Dari reading? | nigāh |
Iranian reading? | negâh |
Tajik reading? | nigoh |
Noun
editDari | نگاه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | нигоҳ |
Derived terms
edit- نگاه افکندن (negâh afkandan)
- نگاه انداختن (negâh andâxtan)
- نگاه داشتن (negâh dâštan)
- نگاه دزدیدن (negâh dozdidan)
- نگاه کردن (negâh kardan)
- نگاهبان (negâhbân)
- نگاهبانی (negâhbâni)
- نگاهدار (negâhdâr)
- نگاهداری (negâhdâri)
Descendants
edit- → Azerbaijani: nigah
- → Gujarati: નિગાહ (nigāh)
- → Hindustani:
- → Ottoman Turkish: نگاه (nigâh)
- → Punjabi:
- → Pashto: نګاه (nigāh)
- → Uzbek: nigoh
References
edit- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 246
- ^ Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نگاه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, volume 2, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, pages 1107–1108
- ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نگاه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul