نیز

See also: نير

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭩 (any) "other" + -iz "also" (cf. Korn 2021: 106 fn. 59).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [niːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [niːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [niːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [niz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [niːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [niz]

Readings
Classical reading?	nīz
Dari reading?	nīz
Iranian reading?	niz
Tajik reading?	niz

• Audio (Iran):

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Adverb

Dari	نیز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	низ

نیز • (niz)

1. also, too

   Synonyms: هم (ham), همچنین (hamčenin, hamčonin)

   این نیز بگذرد ― in niz bogzorad ― this too shall pass

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نیز (nīz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /niːz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Adverb

نِیز • (nīz) (Hindi spelling नीज़)

1. also, even

   Synonym: بھی (bhī)

2. again

   Synonym: دوبارہ (dobārah)

3. likewise

   Synonym: اسی طرح (isī tarah)

References

• Korn, Agnes (2021). "Contributions to a relative chronology of Persian. The non-change of postconsonantal y and w in Middle Persian in context" Indo-European Linguistics 9, 85-127.
• “نیز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “نیز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.