نیزہ

Urdu

Alternative forms

• نیزا (nezā) — misspelling

Etymology

First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi نیزہ (neza), borrowed from Classical Persian نیزَه (nēza).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /neː.zɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: نے‧زَہ

Noun

نیزَہ • (neza) m (Hindi spelling नेज़ा)

1. a spear; lance
2. javelin
3. reed (from which pens are made)
4. a dart pike
5. (by extension) a pointy thing
6. (figuratively) something sharp

Declension

Declension of نیزہ
	singular	plural
direct	نیزَہ (nezah)	نیزے (neze)
oblique	نیزے (neze)	نیزوں (nezõ)
vocative	نیزے (neze)	نیزو (nezo)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• نیزَہ باز (neza bāz, “javelin thrower”)
• نیزَہ بازی (neza bāzī, “javelin throw; tilting”)
• نیزَہ بَرْدار (neza bardār, “a spearman; jouster”, literally “spear-bearer”)
• نیزَہ دار (neza dār, “armed with a spear”)
• نیزَہ ہِلانا (neza hilānā, “to handle a spear; javelin”)

Descendants

• → Ushojo: نیزا (nezā)

Further reading

More information

• “نیزہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نيزه”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 655
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “نيزه”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1179
• John Shakespear (1834) “نيزه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC