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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نَذْرَانَه (nazrāna),[1] suffixed from Arabic نَذْر (naḏr, literally “vow; anything consecrated to God; pious gift; present to superior”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /nəz.ɾɑː.nɑː/, , /nəd͡ʒ.ɾɑː.nɑː/,
- Hyphenation: नज़‧रा‧ना
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
नज़राना • (nazrānā) m (Urdu spelling نَذْرانَہ)[2][3]
- customary payment or fee
- bribe
- Synonyms: घूस (ghūs), रिश्वत (riśvat)
Declension
Declension of नज़राना (masc ā-stem)
References
More information
- ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “nazrānā”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 640.
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नज़राना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 541
- ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नजराना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2522
Further reading
- “نذرانہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “नज़राना”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.