नजर

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Hindi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nə.zəɾ/, [nɐ.zɐɾ], /nə.d͡ʒəɾ/, [nɐ.d͡ʒɐɾ]

Noun[edit]

नजर (nazarf

  1. nuqtaless form of नज़र (nazar)

Declension[edit]

Marathi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian نظر (nazar), from Arabic نَظَر (naẓar). Compare Gujarati નજર (najar), Hindustani نَظَر (nazar) / नज़र (nazar), Sindhi نَظَرَ / नज़र, Punjabi ਨਜ਼ਰ (nazar) / نَظَر (naz̤ar), Nepali नजर (najar), Maithili नजरि (najᵊrɨ) / 𑒢𑒖𑒩𑒱 (najari), Odia ନଜର (nôjôrô), Bengali নজর (nojor), Assamese নজৰ (nozor).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

नजर (najarf

  1. sight, glance
    Synonym: दृष्टि (dŕṣṭi)
    नजरेस येणेnajres yeṇeto see, realise
  2. evil eye

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Further reading[edit]

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “नजर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “नजर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “नजर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).