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नजर

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Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /nə.zəɾ/, [nɐ.zɐɾ], /nə.d͡ʒəɾ/, [nɐ.d͡ʒɐɾ]

Noun

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नजर (nazarf

  1. nuqtaless form of नज़र (nazar)

Declension

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نظر (nazar), from Arabic نَظَر (naẓar). Compare Gujarati નજર (najar), Hindustani نَظَر (nazar) / नज़र (nazar), Sindhi نَظَرَ / नज़र, Punjabi ਨਜ਼ਰ (nazar) / نَظَر (naz̤ar), Nepali नजर (najar), Maithili नजरि (najᵊrɨ) / 𑒢𑒖𑒩𑒱 (najari), Odia ନଜର (najara), Bengali নজর (nojor), Assamese নজৰ (nozor).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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नजर (najarf

  1. sight, glance
    Synonym: दृष्टी (dŕṣṭī)
    नजरेस येणेnajres yeṇeto see, realise
  2. evil eye
    Synonym: दृष्ट (dŕṣṭa)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “नजर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नजर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “नजर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).