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Persian
Pronunciation
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naqšu nigār
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naqšu nigār
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nağšo negâr
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naqšu nigor
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Noun
نقش و نگار • (naqš o negâr)
- ornamentation; decorations and adornment; paintings and images
c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 287”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:هم گلستان خیالم ز تو پر نقش و نگار
هم مشام دلم از زلف سمنسای تو خوش- ham gulistān-i xayālam zi tō pur naqš u nigār
ham mašām-i dilam az zulf-i saman-sā-yi tu xwaš - The garden of my imagination is full of decoration thanks to you,
My heart's sense of smell is pleased by your jasmine-rubbing locks.
c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 81:هر بیت من چو بیت مقدس ز روی حسن
محتاج نیست هیچ بنقش و نگار هم- har bayt-i man čū bayt-i maqdis zi rō-yi husn
muhtāj nēst hēč ba-naqš u nigār ham - Due to the face of his beauty, my every verse is like the Holy Temple ,
Nobody is in need of paintings and images either.
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