नजीक

See also: नजिक

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نزدیک (nazdīk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (nzdyk' /⁠nazdīk⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *názdyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *názdyas, from Proto-Indo-European *nésdyos.

Cognates

Compare Gujarati નજીક (najīk), Hindi नज़दीक (nazdīk), Punjabi ਨਜ਼ਦੀਕ (nazdīk) / نَزدیک (nazdek), ਨਜੀਕ (najīk) / نَجیک (najek), Nepali नजिक (najik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nə.d͡ʑik/, [nə.d͡ʑiːk]
• Hyphenation: न‧जीक
• Rhymes: -ik

Adverb

नजीक • (najīk) (uncommon)

1. near, close to

   Synonyms: जवळ (j̈avaḷ) (standard), निकट (nikaṭ), समीप (samīp)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “नजीक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “नजीक”, 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), “नजीक-ख,_नज्दीक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)