نازک

See also: نازك

Khalaj

Adjective

نازُک (nâzuk)

1. Arabic spelling of nâzuk (“narrow”)

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (n'cwk' /⁠nāzuk⁠/), Northern Luri نازک (nazek), also Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫗𐫀𐫉𐫇𐫃 (nʾzwg /⁠nāzōg⁠/), Sogdian 𐼎𐼀𐼈𐼇𐼋 (nʾzwk), from the noun now Persian ناز (nâz).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /naː.ˈzuk/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.zʊ́k]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.zʊ́k]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑː.zʊ́k]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔː.zúk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒː.zókʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔ.zúk]

• Rhymes: -uk

Readings
Classical reading?	nāzuk
Dari reading?	nāzuk
Iranian reading?	nâzok
Tajik reading?	nozuk

Adjective

نازک • (nâzok)

1. delicate
2. thin
3. slender
4. tender
5. gracious
6. elegant
7. clean
8. neat
9. (of one's voice) high (in pitch)

   Synonym: زیر (zir)

   Antonym: کلفت (koloft)

   صدای زنان نازک است

   sadâ-ye zanân nâzok ast

   The voice of women is high in pitch.

Derived terms

• نزاکت (nazâkat, nezâkat)

Descendants

• → Armenian: նազիկ (nazik)
• → Bashkir: нәҙек (nəźek, “thin”)
• → Gujarati: નાજુક (nājuk)
• → Karakalpak: nozik
• → Kazakh: нәзік (näzik)
• → Khalaj: nâzuk
• → Old Anatolian Turkish: نازك (nazuk, nazük, nazik)
  • Azerbaijani: nazik
  • Ottoman Turkish: نازك (nâzik)
    • Turkish: nazik
    • → Albanian: nazik
• → Turkmen: näzik (“tender, soft, delicate”)
• → Uyghur: نازۇك (nazuk)
• → Uzbek: nozik

References

• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895), Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 245

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نازک (nāzuk).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑː.zʊk/
• Rhymes: -ʊk
• Hyphenation: نا‧زُک

Adjective

نازُک • (nāzuk) (Hindi spelling नाज़ुक)

1. tender, delicate

   بَڑی نازُک لَرکی ہَے۔

   baṛī nāzuk larkī hai.

   She is a very delicate girl.

2. weak, fragile

   میرا حالات بَہُت نازُک ہَے۔

   merā hālāt bahut nāzuk hai.

   I am in a really fragile condition.

3. thin, slender, slim

Synonyms

• بارِیک (bārīk)
• کَمْزور (kamzor)
• پَتْلا (patlā)

Derived terms

• صنفِ نازُک (sinf-e nājuk, “the weaker sex”)

Related terms

• نزاکت (nazākat)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu نازک (nāzuk).

Adjective

نازک (nāzuk)

1. delicate
2. thin
3. fragile