نژاد
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ni.ˈʒɑːð]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ne.ʒɒ́ːd̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ni.ʒɔ́d̪]
Noun
| Dari | نژاد |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | нажод |
نژاد • (nežâd) (plural نژادها (nežâd-hâ))
Derived terms
Descendants
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Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نِژاد (nižād, “lineage”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɪ.ʒɑːd̪/, /nə.ʒɑːd̪/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːd̪
Noun
نِژاد or نَژاد • (niźād or naźād) m or f (Hindi spelling निश़ाद or नश़ाद)
Derived terms
- بَد نِژاد (bad niźād, “low-born, lowly”)
- سِکَنْدَر نِژاد (sikandar niźād, “brave”, literally “[of the] race of Alexander the Great”)
- نِژاد پَرَسْت (niźād parast, “racist”)
- نِژادَہ (niźāda, “noble”)
- نِژادِ نَو (niźād-i nau, “new generation”)
References
- “نژاد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نژاد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “نژاد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “نژاد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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