ناز

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Azerbaijani[edit]

Noun[edit]

ناز

  1. Arabic spelling of naz

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian ناز (nâz).

Noun[edit]

ناز • (naz)

  1. affected or timid shyness, coiness; coquettish airs
  2. whims; waywardness
  3. the endearments bestowed on a loved one

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: naz
  • → Albanian: naz/naze
  • → Greek: νάζι (názi)
  • → Romanian: nazuri

Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? nāz
Dari reading? nāz
Iranian reading? nâz
Tajik reading? noz

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Parthian nʾz (nāz, “pleasure, delight”) or inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (nʾz- /⁠nāz-⁠/, “to take pleasure, to delight”, whence the verb نازیدن (nâzidan)), both from Proto-Iranian *nāz- (“to be coquettish”). No Indo-European etymology per Cheung 2007.

Noun[edit]

Dari ناز
Iranian Persian
Tajik ноз

ناز • (nâz)

  1. vanity, pride; mincing air; feigned disdain; affective coyness; coquetry, flirtation
    • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Rubaʿī 81”, in دیوان سعدی‎[2]:
      تا سر نکنم در سرت ای مایهٔ ناز
      کوته نکنم ز دامنت دست نیاز
      هرچند که راهم به تو دورست و دراز
      در راه بمیرم و نگردم ز تو باز
      tā sar na-kunam dar sar-at ay māyi-yi nāz
      kōtah na-kunam zi dāman-at dast-i niyāz
      harčand ki rāh-am bi tu dūr ast u darāz
      dar rāh bimīram u na-gardam zi tu bāz
      Till I thrust myself at your side, o essence of coyness,
      I shall not withdraw the hand of supplication from your skirt;
      Though my road to you is distant and long,
      I shall die on the road, and not turn away from you again.
      (Classical Persian transliteration.)
  2. fondling; ogling
  3. (archaic) luxury; comfort; delight
  4. Short for گل ناز (gol-e nâz, “purslane”).
Usage notes[edit]
  • The term has no exact equivalence in English, and the meaning of "coquetry" or "flirtation" may be misleading. ناز is a concept central to Persianate culture and tradition, it may refer to coquetry, but also not, as it does not need to be proactive or confined within flirtation or love games. ناز is a trait, a state of being, a compromised modesty that titillates, warms, frustrates and therefore entices the heart.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Shortened from نازنین (nâzanin).

Adjective[edit]

ناز • (nâz)

  1. (colloquial) cute
Synonyms[edit]

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ناز • (nāz) m (Hindi spelling नाज़)

  1. blandishment
  2. playfulness, toying, fondling
  3. pride
  4. conceit
  5. whims
  6. softness
  7. elegance, gracefulness

Further reading[edit]

  • “ناز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ناز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “ناز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Urdu ناز (nāz).

Noun[edit]

ناز (nāz)

  1. love, pampering, overindulgence

Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian ناز (nâz).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ناز • (naz) (plural نازلار (nazlar))

  1. coquetry, coyness

Further reading[edit]

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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