نژاد

See also: نزاد and نراد

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nɪ.ʒɑ́ːd̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [nɪ.ʒɑ́ːd̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ni.ʒɔ́ːd̪̥]

Readings
Classical reading? nižāḏ
Dari reading? nižād
Iranian reading? nežâd
Tajik reading? nižod

Noun
Dari نژاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik нажод

نژاد • (nežâd) (plural نژادها (nežâd-hâ))

  1. (archaic) lineage
  2. race (ethnic category)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: nijad
  • → Urdu: نِژاد (niźād)

Suffix

نژاد • (-nežâd)

  1. a suffix forming surnames

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نِژاد (nižād, “lineage”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɪ.ʒɑːd̪/, /nə.ʒɑːd̪/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːd̪

Noun

نِژاد or نَژاد • (niźād or naźād) m or f (Hindi spelling निश़ाद or नश़ाद)

  1. race
  2. family; genealogy, lineage; descent
  3. root, origin; seed

Derived terms
  • بَد نِژاد (bad niźād, “low-born, lowly”)
  • سِکَنْدَر نِژاد (sikandar niźād, “brave”, literally “[of the] race of Alexander the Great”)
  • نِژاد پَرَسْت (niźād parast, “racist”)
  • نِژادَہ (niźāda, “noble”)
  • نِژادِ نَو (niźād-i nau, “new generation”)

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