نیاز

Central Kurdish

Noun

نیاز (nyaz)

1. need
2. desire
3. intention

Synonyms

• (intention): مەبەست (mebest)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نیاز (niyâz, “supplication, invocation”).

Noun

نیاز • (niyâz) (definite accusative نیازی (niyâzı), plural نیازلر (niyâzlar))

1. invocation, supplication, entreaty, the act of calling for the assistance or presence of a superior being

   Synonym: دعا (duʼâ)

Derived terms

• نیاز ایتمك (niyâz etmek, “to use entreaty”)
• نیازكار (niyâzkar, “supplicant”)
• نیازمند (niyâzmend, “supplicant”)
• نیازی (niyâzi, “pertaining to entreaty”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: niyaz

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “niyaz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3557
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “niyâz”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1008
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نیاز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1294
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Supplicatio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1634
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “نیاز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 5294
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “niyaz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نیاز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2116

Persian

Etymology

Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (‘ny’z(h), “need”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.ˈjɑːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑ́ːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑ́ːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑ́ːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔ́ːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɒ́ːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔ́z]

Readings
Classical reading?	niyāz
Dari reading?	niyāz
Iranian reading?	niyâz
Tajik reading?	niyoz

Noun

Dari	نیاز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ниёз

نیاز • (niyâz) (plural نیازها (niyâz-hâ))

1. need, necessity, want, requirement, neediness
2. scarcity
3. beggary
4. supplication
5. prayer
6. desire
7. wish
8. gift

Synonyms

• احتیاج (ehtiyâj)

Derived terms

• نیازمند (niyâzmand)
• نیاز آوردن (niyâz âvordan)
• نیاز داشتن (niyâz dâštan)
• نیاز کردن (niyâz kardan)
• نیاز گذاشتن (niyâz gozâštan)
• نیازیدن (niyâzidan)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: نیاز (niyâz)
  • Turkish: niyaz
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਨਿਆਜ਼ (niāza)

  Shahmukhi script: نیاز (niyāz)