निगरानी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نگرانی (nigarānī, “anxiety, worry”), from نگران (nigarān) + -ی (-ī), from the stem of نگریستن (nigarīstan, “to look”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /nɪɡ.ɾɑː.niː/, [nɪɡ.ɾäː.niː]
Noun
निगरानी • (nigrānī) f (Urdu spelling نگرانی)
- supervision, observation, safekeeping
- inspection, scrutiny
- Synonym: निरीक्षण (nirīkṣaṇ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | निगरानी nigrānī |
निगरानियाँ nigrāniyā̃ |
| oblique | निगरानी nigrānī |
निगरानियों nigrāniyõ |
| vocative | निगरानी nigrānī |
निगरानियो nigrāniyo |
Derived terms
- निगरानी करना (nigrānī karnā)
Related terms
- निगरान (nigrān)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “निगरानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press