نزدیک

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nzdyk' /⁠nazdīk⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *názdyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *názdyas. One of a few adjectives that has preserved the final -g/k phoneme and did not undergo the regular sound change from Middle Persian to Modern Persian. Others include تاریک (târik, “dark”) and باریک (bârik, “slender”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [naz.diːk]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪iːk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪iːk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪iːk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪ik]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næz.d̪iːkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪ik]

Readings
Classical reading?	nazdīk
Dari reading?	nazdīk
Iranian reading?	nazdik
Tajik reading?	nazdik

Adjective

Dari	نزدیک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	наздик

نزدیک • (nazdik) (comparative نزدیک‌تَر (nazdik-tar), superlative نزدیک‌تَرین (nazdik-tarin))

1. close
2. near
3. neighbouring

Preposition

نزدیک • (nazdik)

1. near
2. by
3. beside

Related terms

• نزد (nazd)
• نزدیکی (nazdiki)
• نزدیکان (nazdikân)

Descendants

• → Middle Bengali: নজদিক (nojodik)
  • Bengali: নজদিক (nojodik), নজিক (nojik), নগিচ (nogic)
• → Gujarati: નજીક (najīk)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नज़दीक (nazdīk)

  Urdu: نزدیک (nazdīk)

• → Marathi: नजीक (najīk)
• → Nepali: नजिक (najik)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਨਜ਼ਦੀਕ (nazdīk), ਨਜੀਕ (najīk)

  Shahmukhi script: نَزدیک (nazdek), نَجیک (najek)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nzdyk'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 58
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نزدیک”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian نزدیک (nazdīk).

Adjective

نزدیک • (nazdīk) (Hindi spelling नज़दीक)

1. close, closeby
2. near, nearby

Synonyms

• قریب (qarīb)

Related terms

• نزدیکی (nazdīkī, “nearness”)