निज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निज (nija).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɪd͡ʒ/

Adjective

निज • (nij)

own, belonging to oneself
Synonym: अपना (apnā)
individual, personal, private
(by extension) genuine, real, true
यह लड़का शाह का निज पुत्र नहीं हो सकता है।
yah laṛkā śāh kā nij putra nahī̃ ho saktā hai.
This boy cannot be the shah's real son!

Synonyms: सच्चा (saccā), असली (aslī)

Synonyms

निजी (nijī)

Derived terms

निजता (nijtā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “निज”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 558

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