नज़र
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- नजर (najar) (nuqtaless)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian نظر (nazar), from Arabic نَظَر (naẓar). Compare Assamese নজৰ (nozor), Bengali নজর (nojor), Gujarati નજર (najar), Maithili नजरि (najᵊrɨ), Marathi नजर (najar), Nepali नजर (najar), Odia ନଜର (nôjôrô), Punjabi ਨਜ਼ਰ (nazar), Sindhi نَظَرَ (nazara).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
नज़र • (nazar) f (Urdu spelling نظر)
- sight, vision, glance, look
- supervision, watch
- मेरी नज़र उस पर है। ― merī nazar us par hai. ― I've got my eyes on him.
- evil eye
- नज़र लगना ― nazar lagnā ― to be affected by the evil eye
Declension edit
Declension of नज़र (fem cons-stem)
References edit
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “नज़र”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.