نیزہ

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نیزَه (nēza). First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi نیزہ (neza).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

نیزَہ • (neza) m (Hindi spelling नेज़ा)

  1. a spear; lance
  2. javelin
  3. reed (from which pens are made)
  4. a dart pike[2]
  5. (by extension) a pointy thing
  6. (figuratively) something sharp

Declension

Declension of نیزہ
singular plural
direct نیزَہ (nezah) نیزے (neze)
oblique نیزے (neze) نیزوں (nezõ)
vocative نیزے (neze) نیزو (nezo)

Derived terms

  • نیزَہ باز (neza bāz, “javelin thrower”)
  • نیزَہ بازی (neza bāzī, “javelin throw; tilting”)
  • نیزَہ بَرْدار (neza bardār, “a spearman; jouster”, literally “spear-bearer”)
  • نیزَہ دار (neza dār, “armed with a spear”)
  • نیزَہ ہِلانا (neza hilānā, “to handle a spear; javelin”)

Descendants

  • → Punjabi: نیزَہ (nezah)
  • → Ushojo: نیزا (nezā)

References

  1. ^ “نیزہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “نيزه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1167

Further reading

  • “نیزہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “نيزه”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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