निज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निज (nija).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɪd͡ʒ/

Adjective

निज • (nij)

1. own, belonging to oneself

   Synonym: अपना (apnā)

2. individual, personal, private
3. (by extension) genuine, real, true

   (deprecated template usage)

   यह लड़का शाह का निज पुत्र नहीं हो सकता है।

   yah laṛkā śāh kā nij putra nahī̃ ho saktā hai.

   This boy cannot be the shah's real son!

   Synonyms: सच्चा (saccā), असली (aslī), सगा (sagā)

Synonyms

• निजी (nijī)

Derived terms

• निजता (nijtā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “निज”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 558