نزاکت

Persian

Etymology

Pseudo-Arabism from (nâzok) using the Arabic pattern فَعالة (faʕāla), which often forms abstract nouns.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.zɑː.ˈkat]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.zɑː.kʰǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.zɑː.kʰǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.zɔː.kʰǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.zɒː.kʰʲǽt̪], [ne.zɒː.kʰʲǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.zɔ.kʰǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nazākat
Dari reading^?	nazākat
Iranian reading^?	nazâkat, nezâkat
Tajik reading^?	nazokat

Noun


Iranian Persian	نزاکت
Dari	نزاکت
Tajik	назокат

نزاکت • (nazâkat, nezâkat)

politeness, civility
Synonym: ادب (adab)

Derived terms

بانزاکت (bâ-nazâkat, bâ-nezâkat)
بی‌نزاکت (bi-nazâkat, bi-nezâkat)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: nəzakət
→ Chagatai: نزاکت
- Uzbek: nazokat
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: नज़ाकत (nazākat)
- Urdu: نَزاکَت (nazākat)
→ Punjabi:
- Shahmukhi script: نَزاکَت (nazākat)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (nazākat).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nə.zɑː.kət̪/
Rhymes: -ət̪

Adjective

نَزاکَت • (nazākat) f (Hindi spelling नज़ाकत)

Synonyms

(tenderness, thinness): بارِیکی (bārīkī)
(tenderness, weakness): کَمْزوری (kamzorī)
(tenderness, elegance): لَطافَت (latāfat)
(tenderness, politeness): مُرَوَّت (muravvat)
(tenderness, delicacy): نِسائِیَت (nisāiyat)

Related terms

نازک (nāzuk)

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