नाचीज़

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Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَاچِیز (nāčīz).[1] By surface analysis, ना- (nā-) +‎ चीज़ (cīz). First attested in c. 1638[2] as Middle Hindi ناچیز (nacyz /⁠nācīz⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /nɑː.t͡ʃiːz/, , /nɑː.t͡ʃiːd͡ʒ/,
  • Hyphenation: ना‧चीज़
  • Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

नाचीज़ • (nācīz) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ناچِیز)[3][4]

  1. insignificant, worthless or useless (of a person or object)

Noun

नाचीज़ • (nācīz) m (Urdu spelling ناچِیز)[3][4]

  1. insignificant, worthless or useless person or object

Declension

Declension of नाचीज़ (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct नाचीज़
nācīz 		नाचीज़
nācīz
oblique नाचीज़
nācīz 		नाचीज़ों
nācīzõ
vocative नाचीज़
nācīz 		नाचीज़ो
nācīzo

References

More information
  1. ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “nācīz”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 641.
  2. ^ “ناچیز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ना-”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 549
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 “नाचीज़”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Further reading

More information
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “نا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1111
  • John Shakespear (1834) “نا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1739
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