नज़र-ए-सानी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• नज़र-सानी (nazar-sānī), नज़र सानी (nazar sānī), नज़रसानी (nazarsānī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نظر ثانی (nazar-i sānī). By surface analysis, नज़र (nazar) +‎ -ए- (-e-) +‎ सानी (sānī). Compare Punjabi ਨਜ਼ਰਸਾਨੀ (nazarsānī) / نَظَرثانی (naz̤ars̱ānī), Sindhi نظر ثاني, Gujarati નજરસાની (najarsānī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nə.zəɾ.eː.sɑː.niː/, [nɐ.zɐɾ.eː.säː.niː], /nə.d͡ʒəɾ.eː.sɑː.niː/, [nɐ.d͡ʒɐɾ.eː.säː.niː]
• Hyphenation: न‧ज़र‧ए‧सा‧नी
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

नज़र-ए-सानी • (nazar-e-sānī) f (Urdu spelling نَظَرِ ثَانِی)

1. reconsideration, review (such as of a decision), second opinion

   Synonyms: पुनरावलोकन (punrāvlokan), पुनर्विचार (punarvicār)

2. revision (such as of a book)

   Synonym: पुनरावृत्ति (punrāvŕtti)

   नज़र-ए-सानी करना

   nazar-e-sānī karnā

   to revise

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नज़र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 541
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नजरसानी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2522
• Platts, John T. (1884) “نظر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1143
• John Shakespear (1834) “نظر”, 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, page 1777
• “नज़र-ए-सानी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.