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Hindi
Pronunciation
Noun
नजर • (nazar) f
- nuqtaless form of नज़र (nazar)
Declension
Declension of नजर (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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नजर
nazar
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नजरें
nazarẽ
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| oblique
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नजर
nazar
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नजरों
nazarõ
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| vocative
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नजर
nazar
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नजरो
nazaro
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Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نظر (nazar), from Arabic نَظَر (naẓar). Compare Gujarati નજર (najar), Hindustani نَظَر (nazar) / नज़र (nazar), Sindhi نَظَرَ / नज़र, Punjabi ਨਜ਼ਰ (nazar) / نَظَر (naz̤ar), Nepali नजर (najar), Maithili नजरि (najᵊrɨ) / 𑒢𑒖𑒩𑒱 (najari), Odia ନଜର (najara), Bengali নজর (nojor), Assamese নজৰ (nozor).
Pronunciation
Noun
नजर • (najar) f
- sight, glance
- Synonym: दृष्टि (dŕṣṭi)
- नजरेस येणे ― najres yeṇe ― to see, realise
- evil eye
Derived terms
- नजरचूक (najarcūk, “oversight”)
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine, “नजर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नजर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “नजर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).