नाज़ुक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نازک (nāzuk).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.zʊk/, [näː.zʊk], /nɑː.d͡ʒʊk/, [näː.d͡ʒʊk]

Adjective

नाज़ुक • (nāzuk) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نازک)

1. slender, delicate, slim

   वह बहुत नाज़ुक लड़की है, मगर ज़िद्दी भी है।

   vah bahut nāzuk laṛkī hai, magar ziddī bhī hai.

   She is a delicate girl, but she is also very stubborn.

2. immature, ignorant
3. weak

Synonyms

• बारीक (bārīk)

Related terms

• नज़ाकत (nazākat, “delicateness”)

References

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