نا آہنگی
Urdu
Etymology
From ناـ (nā-, “un-; not”) + آہنگی (āhaṉgī, “melody; modulation”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɑː.ɑː.ɦəŋ.ɡiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: نا‧آ‧ہَن٘‧گی
Noun
نا آہَن٘گی • (nā āhaṅgī) f (Hindi spelling नाआहंगी)
- dissonance (in both music and emotions)
- 1934, شعلے [Flames], page 108:
- محبت میں نا آہنگی سے بدتر کوئی اور چیز نہیں ہو سکتی۔
- maḥabbat meṉ nā āhaṉgī se badtar ko'ī aur cīz nahīṉ ho saktī.
- There can be nothing worse than dissonance in love.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | نا آہَن٘گی (nā āhaṉgī) | نا آہَن٘گِیاں (nā āhaṉgiyā̃) |
| oblique | نا آہَن٘گی (nā āhaṉgī) | نا آہَن٘گِیوں (nā āhaṉgiyō̃) |
| vocative | نا آہَن٘گی (nā āhaṉgī) | نا آہَن٘گِیو (nā āhaṉgiyō) |
Further reading
- “نا آہنگی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “naa-aahangii”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.