نگار

Persian

Etymology

From the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.ˈɡɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ɡɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.ɡɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.ɡɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.ɡɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nigār
Dari reading?	nigār
Iranian reading?	negâr
Tajik reading?	nigor

Verb

نگار • (negâr)

1. present stem of نگاشتن (negâštan)

Noun

نگار • (negâr)

1. painting, picture

   Synonyms: نگاره (negâre), نقش و نگار (naqš-o-negâr)

2. (poetic) beautiful person, the beloved
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 82:

     با تو‌ام در دوستیها اعتقاد دیگرست
     گرچه بس عاشق شدم بر هر نگار سیم تن

     bā tō-am dar dōstīhā i'tiqād-i dīgar ast
     garči bas āšiq šudam bar har nigār-i sēm tan

     I have a different sort of confidence in my love with you,
     Though I have oft fallen in love with each silver-bodied beauty.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

3. henna

Derived terms

• نقش و نگار (naqš o negâr)
• نگار بستن (negâr bastan)
• نگار کردن (negâr kardan)

 

Proper noun

نگار • (negâr)

1. a female given name, Negar

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نگار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نگار (nigār).

Noun

نگار • (nigār) m (Hindi spelling निगार)

1. sweetheart
2. writer
3. painting, portrait, picture

   Synonym: تصویر (tasvīr)

References

• John Shakespear (1834) “نگار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• Platts, John T. (1884) “نگار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نگار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.