नाज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ناز (nāz), from Parthian nʾz (nāz, “pleasure, delight”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑːz/, [näːz], /nɑːd͡ʒ/, [näːd͡ʒ]

Noun

नाज़ • (nāz) m (Urdu spelling ناز)

1. pride, conceit

   Synonym: अभिमान (abhimān)

Declension

Declension of नाज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नाज़ nāz	नाज़ nāz
oblique	नाज़ nāz	नाज़ों nāzõ
vocative	नाज़ nāz	नाज़ो nāzo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “nāz”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press