नज़र

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نظر (nazar), from Arabic نَظَر (naẓar). Compare Assamese নজৰ (nozor), Bengali নজর (nojor), Gujarati નજર (najar), Maithili नजरि (najᵊrɨ), Marathi नजर (najar), Nepali नजर (najar), Odia ନଜର (najara), Punjabi ਨਜ਼ਰ (nazar), Sindhi نَظَرَ (nazara), Kannada ನಜರು (najaru).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /nə.zəɾ/, , /nə.d͡ʒəɾ/,

Noun

नज़र (nazarf (Urdu spelling نظر)

  1. sight, vision, glance, look
    Synonyms: दृष्टि (dŕṣṭi), दीठ (dīṭh), निगाह (nigāh)
    देखो! नदी की नज़र आ रही है!
    dekho! nadī kī nazar ā rahī hai!
    Look! Now the river is coming into view!
  2. supervision, watch
    मेरी नज़र उस पर है।merī nazar us par hai.I've got my eyes on him.
  3. evil eye
    नज़र लगनाnazar lagnāto be affected by the evil eye

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