نہاد

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نهاد (nihād, “disposition, nature”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɪ.ɦɑːd̪/

Noun

نہاد • (nihād) ?

1. disposition, nature
2. base, foundation, root
3. birth; race; generation

Derived terms

Derived terms

• پاک نہاد (pāk-nihād, “amiable”)
• نیک نِہاد (nek-nihād, “good-natured”)
• خوش نِہاد (xuś-nihād, “happy by nature”)
• دِل نِہاد (dil-nihād)
• نام نِہاد (nām-nihād)

References

• “نہاد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نہاد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “نہاد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “نہاد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.