नाज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ناز (nāz), from Parthian nʾz (nāz, “pleasure, delight”) (which either borrowed from Parthian nʾz (nāz, “pleasure, delight”) or inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (nʾz- /⁠nāz-⁠/, “to take pleasure, to delight”, whence the verb نازیدن (nāzīdan)), both from Proto-Iranian *nāz- (“to be coquettish”)). No Indo-European etymology per Cheung 2007. Compare Old Armenian նազիմ (nazim), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɑːz/, [näːz], /nɑːd͡ʒ/, [näːd͡ʒ]

Noun

नाज़ • (nāz) m (Urdu spelling ناز)

1. pride, conceit

   Synonym: अभिमान (abhimān)

Declension

Declension of नाज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नाज़ nāz	नाज़ nāz
oblique	नाज़ nāz	नाज़ों nāzõ
vocative	नाज़ nāz	नाज़ो nāzo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “nāz”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press