نیزہ

Urdu

Alternative forms

• نیزا (nezā) — misspelling

Etymology

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

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

• → Punjabi: نیزَہ (nezah)
• → Ushojo: نیزا (nezā)

Further reading

• “نیزہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “نيزه”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]