نخچیر

Persian

Alternative forms

• نخجیر (naxjir)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭧𐭰𐭩𐭫 (naxčīr, “game, quarry, chase; hunting, hunt”), from Proto-Iranian *naxusčr̥ya- (“top hunting; top quarry”).

The first part naxu- ("first; top") is related to نخست (noxost, “first”), and the latter part *sčr̥ya- ("hunting; what is to be chased") is related to شکار (šekâr, “hunt, hunting”), hence the original meaning "what is to be hunted to display the outstanding skill of the hunter".

Cognate with Parthian 𐭍𐭇𐭔𐭉𐭓 (naxčīr, “game, quarry, chase”), and Sogdian ܢܓܫܝܪ (naxšīr, “wild beast; wild goat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nax.t͡ʃiːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näx.t͡ʃʰiːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näx.t͡ʃʰiːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näx.t͡ʃʰiːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näx.t͡ʃʰiɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næx.t͡ʃʰiːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näχ.t͡ʃʰiɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	naxčīr
Dari reading?	naxčīr
Iranian reading?	naxčir
Tajik reading?	naxčir

Noun

Dari	نخچیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нахҷир

نخچیر • (naxčir)

1. hunt, hunting
2. prey; game, quarry

Synonyms

• شکار (šekâr)

Derived terms

• نخچیرزار (naxčirzâr, “hunting ground”)
• نخچیرباں (naxčîrbân, “hunter”)

Descendants

• → Urdu: نخچیر (naxcīr)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian نخچیر (naxčīr, “hunt, hunting; game, quarry; prey”).

Cognate with Wakhi نخچیر (naxčīr, “fox”), Yidgha نخشیر (naxšīr, “goat”), Yagnobi нахшир (naxšir), and Gandhari 𐨣𐨐𐨿𐨕𐨁𐨌𐨪 (naxcīra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nəx.t͡ʃiːɾ/

Noun

نخچیر • (naxcīr) m (Hindi spelling नख़चीर)

1. prey; game, quarry
2. wild beast, wild animal
3. wounded beast; captured prey
4. (by extension) captive, prisoner

Declension

Declension of نخچیر
	singular	plural
direct	نخچیر (naxcīr)	نخچیر (naxcīr)
oblique	نخچیر (naxcīr)	نخچیروں (naxcīrō̃)
vocative	نخچیر (naxcīr)	نخچیرو (naxcīrō)

Derived terms

• نخچیری (naxcīrī, “(pretaining to) hunting”)
• نخچیر گاہ (naxcīr-gāh, “hunting ground”)
• نخچیر زن (naxcīr-zan, “hunter”)
• نخچیر کشی (naxcīr-kušī, “hunting”)
• نخچیر مُحبَّت (naxcīr-e-muhabbat)

Related terms

• شکار (šikār)

References

• “نخچیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.