نزدیک

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nzdyk' /⁠nazdīk⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *názdyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *názdyas. One of a few adjectives that has preserved the final -g/k phoneme and did not undergo the regular sound change from Middle Persian to Modern Persian. Others include تاریک (târik, “dark”) and باریک (bârik, “slender”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /naz.ˈdiːk/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪iːk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪iːk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪ik]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næz.d̪iːkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näz.d̪ik]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nazdīk
Dari reading^?	nazdīk
Iranian reading^?	nazdik
Tajik reading^?	nazdik

Adjective


Iranian Persian	نزدیک
Dari	نزدیک
Tajik	наздик

نزدیک • (nazdik) (comparative نزدیک‌تَر, superlative نزدیک‌تَرین)

Preposition

نزدیک • (nazdik)

Related terms

نزد (nazd)
نزدیکی (nazdiki)
نزدیکان (nazdikân)

Descendants

→ Bengali: নজদিক (nojdik), নজিক (nojik), নগিচ (nogic)
→ Gujarati: નજીક (najīk)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: नज़दीक (nazdīk)

Urdu: نزدیک (nazdīk)
→ Marathi: नजीक (najīk)
→ Nepali: नजिक (najik)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਨਜ਼ਦੀਕ (nazdīk), ਨਜੀਕ (najīk)

Shahmukhi script: نَزدیک (nazdek), نَجیک (najek)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nzdyk'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 58
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نزدیک”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (nazdīk).

Adjective

نَزْدِیک • (nazdīk) (Hindi spelling नज़दीक)

close, closeby
near, nearby

Synonyms

قَرِیب (qarīb)

Derived terms

نَزْدِیکی (nazdīkī, “nearness”)