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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian هرگز (hargiz), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭪𐭫𐭰 (ḥklc /hagriz/), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎣𐎼𐎶𐎨𐎡𐎹 (h-k-r-m-c-i-y /hakara-mciy/), the first part from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-kr̥t.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦəɾ.ɡɪz/, , /ɦəɾ.ɡɪd͡ʒ/,
Adverb
हरगिज़ • (hargiz) (Urdu spelling ہرگز)
- ever, at any time
- Synonyms: कदापि (kadāpi), कभी (kabhī)
- हरगिज़ नहीं ― hargiz nahī̃ ― never
References
- Platts, John T. (1884) “hargiz”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “hargiz”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House