نزدیک

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nzdyk' /nazdīk/), from Proto-Iranian *názdyah. 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 (târik, “dark”) and باریک‎ (bârik, “slender”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /nazdiːk/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /nazdiːk/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /næzdiːk/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /nazdik/

Adjective

Dari	نزدیک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	наздик (nazdik)

نزدیک • (nazdik) (comparative نزدیک‌تَر‎ (nazdik-tar), superlative نزدیک‌تَرین‎ (nazdik-tarin))

1. close
2. near
3. neighbouring

Preposition

نزدیک • (nazdik)

1. near
2. by
3. beside

Related terms

• نزد‎ (nazd)
• نزدیکی‎ (nazdiki)
• نزدیکان‎ (nazdikân)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: નજીક (najīk)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नज़दीक (nazdīk)

  Urdu: نزدیک‎ (nazdīk)

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

  Gurmukhi: ਨਜ਼ਦੀਕ (nazdīk), ਨਜੀਕ (najīk)

  Shahmukhi: نَزدیک‎ (nazdek), نَجیک‎ (najek)

References

• 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

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian نزدیک‎.

Adjective

نزدیک • (nazdīk) (Hindi spelling नज़दीक)

1. close, closeby
2. near, nearby

Synonyms

• قریب‎ (qarīb)

Related terms

• نزدیکی‎ (nazdīkī, “nearness”)