نزدیک

Persian

Alternative forms

• نزیک (nazīk)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nzdyk' /⁠nazdīk⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *názdyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *názdyas. One of a few adjectives that has preserved the final -g/k phoneme and did not undergo the regular sound change from Middle Persian to Modern Persian. Others include تاریک (tārīk / târik, “dark”) and باریک (bārīk / bârik, “slender”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /naz.ˈdiːk/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪iːk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪iːk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪iːk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪ik]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næz.d̪iːkʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪ik]

Readings
Classical reading?	nazdīk
Dari reading?	nazdīk
Iranian reading?	nazdik
Tajik reading?	nazdik

Adjective

نزدیک • (nazdīk) (comparative نزدیک‌تَر, superlative نزدیک‌تَرین, Tajik spelling наздик)

1. close
2. near
3. neighbouring

Preposition

نزدیک • (nazdīk / nazdik) (Tajik spelling наздик)

1. near
2. by
3. beside

Related terms

• نزد (nazd / nazd)
• نزدیکی (nazdīkī / nazdiki)
• نزدیکان (nazdīkān / nazdikân)

Descendants

• → Bengali: নগিচ (nogic), নগিজ (nogij), নকিজ (nokij), নজিক (nojik), নযিক (nojik), নজদিক (nojodik), নযদিক (nojodik)
• → Gujarati: નજીક (najīk)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नज़दीक (nazdīk), नज़ीक (nazīk), नजदीक (najdīk), नजीक (najīk) — nuqtaless

  Urdu: نَزْدِیک (nazdīk), نزیک (nazīk)

• → Mandaic: ࡍࡀࡆࡃࡉࡊ (nazdik)
• → Marathi: नजीक (najīk)
• → Nepali: नजिक (najik)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਨਜ਼ਦੀਕ (nazdīk), ਨਜ਼ੀਕ (nazīk), ਨਜਦੀਕ (najdīk), ਨਜੀਕ (najīk) (nuqtaless)

  Shahmukhi script: نَزْدِیک (nazdīk), نَزیک (nazīk), نَجدِیک (najdīk), نَجیک (najīk)

Further reading

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “nzdyk'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 58
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “نزدیک”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Alternative forms

• نزیک (nazīk)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَزْدِیک (nazdīk).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nəz.d̪iːk/

Adjective

نَزْدِیک • (nazdīk) (Hindi spelling नज़दीक)

1. close, closeby
2. near, nearby

Synonyms

• قَرِیب (qarīb)

Derived terms

• نَزْدِیکی (nazdīkī, “nearness”)