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

First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi نگاہ (nigāh), borrowed from Classical Persian نِگَاه (nigāh).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

نِگَاہ • (nigāh) f (Hindi spelling निगाह) (chiefly formal or poetic)

1. Synonym of نَظَر (nazar):
2. a glance, sight, look
3. vision
4. regard; consideration
5. look, aspect (of)
6. attention, observation, watching
7. custody, care

Declension

Declension of نگاہ
	singular	plural
direct	نِگاہ (nigāh)	نِگاہیں (nigāhẽ)
oblique	نِگاہ (nigāh)	نِگاہوں (nigāhõ)
vocative	نِگاہ (nigāh)	نِگاہو (nigāho)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• نِگَاہ میں رَکْھنا (nigāh mẽ rakhnā)
• نِگَاہ مِلانا (nigāh milānā)
• نِگَاہ لَڑانا (nigāh laṛānā)
• نِگَاہ کَرْنا (nigāh karnā)
• نِگَاہ رَکھْنا (nigāh rakhnā)
• نِگَاہ پھیرْنا (nigāh phernā)
• نِگَاہ پَڑْنا (nigāh paṛnā)
• نِگَاہ بَدَلْنا (nigāh badalnā)

Further reading

• “نگاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “نگاہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نگاه”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 648
• Platts, John T. (1884) “نگاه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1151
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “نگاه”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1169
• John Shakespear (1834) “نگاه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC