हरगिज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هرگز (hargiz), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭪𐭫𐭰 (ḥklc /⁠hagriz⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎣𐎼𐎶𐎨𐎡𐎹 (h-k-r-m-c-i-y /⁠hakara-mciy⁠/), the first part from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-kr̥t.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦəɾ.ɡɪz/, [ɦɐɾ.ɡɪz], /ɦəɾ.ɡɪd͡ʒ/, [ɦɐɾ.ɡɪd͡ʒ]

Adverb

हरगिज़ • (hargiz) (Urdu spelling ہرگز)

1. ever, at any time

   Synonyms: कदापि (kadāpi), कभी (kabhī)

   हरगिज़ नहीं ― hargiz nahī̃ ― never

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “hargiz”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “hargiz”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House