नजर

See also: नज़र and नज़ारा

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /nə.zəɾ/, [nɐ.zɐɾ], /nə.d͡ʒəɾ/, [nɐ.d͡ʒɐɾ]

Noun

नजर • (nazar) f

nuqtaless form of नज़र (nazar)

Declension

Declension of *नजर* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	नजर nazar	नजरें nazarẽ
oblique	नजर nazar	नजरों nazarõ
vocative	नजर nazar	नजरो nazaro

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (nazar), from Arabic نَظَر (naẓar). Compare Gujarati નજર (najar), Hindustani نَظَر (nazar) / नज़र (nazar), Sindhi نَظَرَ / नज़र, Punjabi ਨਜ਼ਰ (nazar) / نَظَر (naz̤ar), Nepali नजर (najar), Maithili नजरि (najᵊrɨ) / 𑒢𑒖𑒩𑒱 (najari), Odia ନଜର (najara), Bengali নজর (nojor), Assamese নজৰ (nozor).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nə.d͡zəɾ/

Noun

नजर • (najar) f

sight, glance
Synonym: दृष्टी (druṣṭī)

नजरेस येणे ― najres yeṇe ― to see, realise
evil eye
Synonym: दृष्ट (druṣṭa)

Derived terms

नजरचूक (najarcūk, “oversight”)

Further reading

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “नजर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नजर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “नजर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)