ਨਜੀਕ

Punjabi

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. Cognate with Sanskrit नेदीयस् (nedīyas). Compare Bengali নগিচ (nogic), Gujarati નજીક (najīk), Marathi नजीक (najīk), Nepali नजिक (najik), Hindi नज़दीक (nazdīk).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /nə.d͡ʒiːk/, [nə.ˈd͡ʒiːk(ə̆)]

Preposition

ਨਜੀਕ • (najīk) (Shahmukhi spelling نَجیک)

1. near

Adverb

ਨਜੀਕ • (najīk) (Shahmukhi spelling نَجیک)

1. near

References

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਨਜੀਕ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
• “ਨਜੀਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026