نیک

See also: نيك and ن ي ك

Persian

Alternative forms

• نیکو (niku), نکو (neku), نیوکو (nivaku)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nywk' /⁠nēk⁠/), [script needed] (nywkwk' /⁠nēkōg⁠/), the diminutive form of [Term?] (/⁠nēw⁠/), from Old Persian *naibakaʰ, from 𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *naybah. Equivalent to نیو (niv, “brave, valiant”) +‎ ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [neːk]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [niːkʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nek]

Readings
Classical reading?	nēk
Dari reading?	nēk
Iranian reading?	nik
Tajik reading?	nek

Adjective

Dari	نیک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нек

نیک • (nik) (comparative نیک‌تَر, superlative نیک‌تَرین)

1. good

   Synonyms: خوب (xub), به (beh), نغز (naġz)

Derived terms

• نیک‌خواهی

Descendants

• → Bengali: নেক (nek)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नेक (nek)

  Urdu: نیک (nek)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਨੇਕ (nek)

  Shahmukhi script: نیک (nek)

Adverb

Dari	نیک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нек

نیک • (nik)

1. well
2. (archaic) completely
   • Tarikh-i Bayhaqi

     وی نیک از جای بشد.

     He completely lost his temper.

Derived terms

• اندیشه نیک، گفتار نیک، کردار نیک (andiše-e nik, goftâr-e nik, kerdâr-e nik)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نیک (nēk).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /neːk/

Adjective

نیک • (nek) (Hindi spelling नेक)

1. good, virtuous, righteous, upright, pious, kind-hearted, mannerly

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu نیک (nek).

Noun

نیک (nek)

1. owner, landlord

Adjective

نیک (nek)

1. good, virtuous, righteous, upright, pious, kind-hearted, mannerly
2. holy, chaste, pure, abstemious, virtuous