نژاد

See also: ـنژاد, نزاد, and نراد

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نژاد

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.ˈʒɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ʒɑ́ːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ʒɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ʒɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.ʒɔ́ːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.ʒɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.ʒɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	nižāḏ
Dari reading?	nižād
Iranian reading?	nežâd
Tajik reading?	nižod

Noun

Dari	نژاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нажод

نژاد • (nežâd) (plural نژادها (nežâd-hâ))

1. (archaic) lineage
2. race (ethnic category)

Derived terms

• نژادپرست (nežâd-parast)
• نژادپرستی (nežâd-parasti)
• نژادگرا (nežâd-garâ)
• نژادگرایی (nežâd-garâyi)
• نژادی (nežâdi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: nijad
• → Urdu: نِژاد (niźād)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نِژاد (nižād, “lineage”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɪ.ʒɑːd̪/, /nə.ʒɑːd̪/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːd̪

Noun

نِژاد or نَژاد • (niźād or naźād) m or f (Hindi spelling निश़ाद or नश़ाद)

1. race
2. family; genealogy, lineage; descent
3. root, origin; seed

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.