نگاہ

See also: نگاه and نګاه

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نگاه (nigāh).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: نِ‧گاہ

Noun

نِگاہ • (nigāh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿਗਾਹ)

1. a look, sight

References

• “نگاہ”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 309
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نِگاہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نگاه (nigāh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɪ.ɡɑːɦ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɦ

Noun

نِگاہ • (nigāh) f (Hindi spelling निगाह)

1. look, glance, sight, view, regard; consideration
2. look, aspect (of)
3. watching, observation, attention
4. custody, care

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• نگاہ بدلنا
• نگاہ رکھنا
• نگاہ لڑانا
• نگاہ ملانا
• نگاہ پهيرنا
• نگاہ پڑنا
• نگاہ کرنا
• نگاہمیں رکھنا

 

Related terms

• نگاہبان
• نگاہبانی
• نگاہدار
• نگاہداشت

 

Further reading

• “نگاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “نگاہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “نگاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.