نخچیر

Persian

Alternative forms

نخجیر (naxjir)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭧𐭰𐭩𐭫 (naxčīr, “game, quarry, chase; hunting, hunt”), from Proto-Iranian *naxusčr̥ya- (“top hunting; top quarry”).

The first part naxu- ("first; top") is related to (noxost, “first”), and the latter part *sčr̥ya- ("hunting; what is to be chased") is related to (šekâr, “hunt, hunting”), hence the original meaning "what is to be hunted to display the outstanding skill of the hunter".

Cognate with Parthian 𐭍𐭇𐭔𐭉𐭓 (naxčīr, “game, quarry, chase”), and Sogdian ܢܓܫܝܪ (naxšīr, “wild beast; wild goat”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nax.t͡ʃiːɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näx.t͡ʃʰiːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näx.t͡ʃʰiːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näx.t͡ʃʰiɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næx.t͡ʃʰiːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näχ.t͡ʃʰiɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	naxčīr
Dari reading^?	naxčīr
Iranian reading^?	naxčir
Tajik reading^?	naxčir

Noun


Iranian Persian	نخچیر
Dari	نخچیر
Tajik	нахҷир

نخچیر • (naxčir)

hunt, hunting
prey; game, quarry

Synonyms

شکار (šekâr)

Derived terms

نخچیرزار (naxčirzâr, “hunting ground”)
نخچیرباں (naxčîrbân, “hunter”)

Descendants

→ Urdu: نخچیر (naxcīr)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian (naxčīr, “hunt, hunting; game, quarry; prey”).

Cognate with Wakhi نخچیر (naxčīr, “fox”), Yidgha نخشیر (naxšīr, “goat”), Yagnobi нахшир (naxšir), and Gandhari 𐨣𐨐𐨿𐨕𐨁𐨌𐨪 (naxcīra).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nəx.t͡ʃiːɾ/

Noun

نخچیر • (naxcīr) m (Hindi spelling नख़चीर)

Declension

Declension of **نخچیر**
	singular	plural
direct	نخچیر (naxcīr)	نخچیر (naxcīr)
oblique	نخچیر (naxcīr)	نخچیروں (naxcīrõ)
vocative	نخچیر (naxcīr)	نخچیرو (naxcīro)

Derived terms

نخچیری (naxcīrī, “(pretaining to) hunting”)
نخچیر گاہ (naxcīr-gāh, “hunting ground”)
نخچیر زن (naxcīr-zan, “hunter”)
نخچیر کشی (naxcīr-kušī, “hunting”)
نخچیر مُحبَّت (naxcīr-e-muhabbat)

Related terms

شکار (šikār)

References

“نخچیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.