नब्ज़
See also: नब्ज
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نَبْض (nabz), from Arabic نَبْض (nabḍ).[1] First attested in c. 1739[2] as Middle Hindi نبض (nbẓ /nabz/).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /nəbz/, [nɐbz], /nəbd͡ʒ/, [nɐbd͡ʒ]
- Rhymes: -əbz
- Hyphenation: नब्ज़
Noun
नब्ज़ • (nabz) f (Urdu spelling نَبْض)[3][4]
- pulse, heartbeat
- Synonym: नाड़ी (nāṛī)
- मरीज़ की नब्ज़ काफ़ी तेज़ है।
- marīz kī nabz kāfī tez hai.
- The patient's heartbeat is quite fast.
- 2015, 0:00 from the start, in रज़िया सुल्तान (धारावाहिक) [raziyā sultān (dhārāvāhik), Razia Sultan (TV series)], episode 1 (television production), spoken by सूत्रधार [sūtradhār] (Shah Rukh Khan), via &TV:
- हिंदुस्तान का दिल दिल्ली। और इस दिल की एक नब्ज़ है, क़ुतुब मीनार। देखा है जिसने कई तख़्तोताज आबाद होते और कितनी ही सल्तनतों को बरबाद होते।
- hindustān kā dil dillī. aur is dil kī ek nabz hai, qutub mīnār. dekhā hai jisne kaī taxtotāj ābād hote aur kitnī hī saltantõ ko barbād hote.
- [This is] the heart of India, Delhi. And this heart has a pulse, Qutb Minar. It has witnessed the flourishing of several kingdoms and also the demise of many sultanates.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | नब्ज़ nabz |
नब्ज़ें nabzẽ |
| oblique | नब्ज़ nabz |
नब्ज़ों nabzõ |
| vocative | नब्ज़ nabz |
नब्ज़ो nabzo |
References
More information
- ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “nabz”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 618.
- ^ “نبض”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Bahri, Hardev (1989) “नब्ज़”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 336.
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नबज़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 543