نگار
Persian
Etymology
From the verb. Akin to Old Armenian նկար (nkar), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ni.ˈɡaːɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ne.ɡɒ́ːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ni.ɡɔ́ɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nigār |
| Dari reading? | nigār |
| Iranian reading? | negâr |
| Tajik reading? | nigor |
Verb
نگار • (negâr)
- present stem of نگاشتن (negâštan)
Noun
نگار • (negâr)
- painting, picture
- Synonyms: نگاره (negâre), نقش و نگار (naqš-o-negâr)
- (poetic) beautiful person, the beloved
- 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 82:
- با توام در دوستیها اعتقاد دیگرست
گرچه بس عاشق شدم بر هر نگار سیم تن- bā tō-am dar dōstīhā i'tiqād-i dīgar ast
garči bas āšiq šudam bar har nigār-i sēm tan - I have a different sort of confidence in my love with you,
Though I have oft fallen in love with each silver-bodied beauty.
- bā tō-am dar dōstīhā i'tiqād-i dīgar ast
- henna
Derived terms
- نقش و نگار (naqš o negâr)
- نگار بستن (negâr bastan)
- نگار کردن (negâr kardan)
Proper noun
نگار • (negâr)
- a female given name, Negar
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نگار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نگار (nigār).
Noun
نگار • (nigār) m (Hindi spelling निगार)
References
- John Shakespear (1834) “نگار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
- Platts, John T. (1884) “نگار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نگار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.