निगरानी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نگرانی (nigarānī, “anxiety, worry”), from نگران (nigarān) +‎ -ی (-ī), from the stem of نگریستن (nigarīstan, “to look”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɪɡ.ɾɑː.niː/, [nɪɡ.ɾäː.niː]

Noun

निगरानी • (nigrānī) f (Urdu spelling نگرانی)

1. supervision, observation, safekeeping
2. inspection, scrutiny

   Synonym: निरीक्षण (nirīkṣaṇ)

Declension

Declension of निगरानी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	निगरानी nigrānī	निगरानियाँ nigrāniyā̃
oblique	निगरानी nigrānī	निगरानियों nigrāniyõ
vocative	निगरानी nigrānī	निगरानियो nigrāniyo

Derived terms

• निगरानी करना (nigrānī karnā)

Related terms

• निगरान (nigrān)

References

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