نہاد

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نهاد (nihād, “disposition, nature”).

Pronunciation

Noun

نِہاد • (nihād) f (Hindi spelling निहाद)

  1. disposition, nature
  2. base, foundation, root
  3. birth; race; generation

Derived terms

  • خوش نِہاد (xuś-nihād, “happy by nature”)
  • دِل نِہاد (dil-nihād)
  • نام نِہاد (nām-nihād)
  • نیک نِہاد (nek-nihād, “good-natured”)
  • پاک نہاد (pāk-nihād, “amiable”)

References

  • “نہاد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نہاد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “نہاد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “نہاد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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