نقش و نگار

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈnaq.ʃu ni.ˈɡaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nǽq.ʃʊ nɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nǽqʃʊ nɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nǽqʃu ni.ɡɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nǽɢ.ʃo ne.ɡɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nǽq.ʃu ni.ɡɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	náqšu nigā́r
Dari reading^?	naqšu nigār
Iranian reading^?	naġšo negâr
Tajik reading^?	naqšu nigor

Noun

نقش و نگار • (naqš o negâr)

ornamentation; decorations and adornment; paintings and images
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 287”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:
  هم گلستان خیالم ز تو پر نقش و نگار
  هم مشام دلم از زلف سمن‌سای تو خوش
  ham gulistān-i xayālam zi tō pur naqš u nigār
  ham mašām-i dilam az zulf-i saman-sā-yi tu xwaš
  The garden of my imagination is full of decoration thanks to you,
  My heart's sense of smell is pleased by your jasmine-rubbing locks.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 81:
  هر بیت من چو بیت مقدس ز روی حسن
  محتاج نیست هیچ بنقش و نگار هم
  har bayt-i man čū bayt-i maqdis zi rō-yi husn
  muhtāj nēst hēč ba-naqš u nigār ham
  Due to the face of his beauty, my every verse is like the Holy Temple [in Jerusalem],
  Nobody is in need of paintings and images either.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نقش و نگار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim