नजर

See also: नज़र and नज़ारा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nə.zəɾ/, [nɐ.zɐɾ], /nə.d͡ʒəɾ/, [nɐ.d͡ʒɐɾ]

Noun

नजर • (nazar) f

1. nuqtaless form of नज़र (nazar)

Declension

Declension of नजर (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नजर nazar	नजरें nazarẽ
oblique	नजर nazar	नजरों nazarõ
vocative	नजर nazar	नजरो nazaro

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نظر (nazar), from Arabic نَظَر (naẓar). Compare Gujarati નજર (najar), Hindustani نَظَر (nazar) / नज़र (nazar), Sindhi نَظَرَ / नज़र, Punjabi ਨਜ਼ਰ (nazar) / نَظَر (naz̤ar), Nepali नजर (najar), Maithili नजरि (najᵊrɨ) / 𑒢𑒖𑒩𑒱 (najari), Odia ନଜର (nôjôrô), Bengali নজর (nojor), Assamese নজৰ (nozor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nə.d͡zəɾ/

Noun

नजर • (najar) f

1. sight, glance

   Synonym: दृष्टि (dŕṣṭi)

   नजरेस येणे ― najres yeṇe ― to see, realise

2. evil eye

Derived terms

• नजरचूक (najarcūk, “oversight”)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “नजर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नजर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “नजर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).