نخچیر

Persian

Alternative forms

نخجیر‎ (naxjīr)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭧𐭰𐭩𐭫‎ (naxčīr, “game, quarry, chase; hunting, hunt”), from Proto-Iranian *naxusčr̥ya- (“top hunting; top quarry”).

The first part naxu- ("first; top") is related to ‎ (noxost, “first”), and the latter part *sčr̥ya- ("hunting; what is to be chased") is related to ‎ (šekâr, “hunt, hunting”), hence the original meaning "what is to be hunted to display the outstanding skill of the hunter".

Cognate with Parthian 𐭍𐭇𐭔𐭉𐭓‎ (naxčīr, “game, quarry, chase”), and Sogdian ܢܓܫܝܪ‎ (naxšīr, “wild beast; wild goat”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /naxt͡ʃiːɾ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /naxt͡ʃiːɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /næxt͡ʃiːɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /naxt͡ʃiɾ/

Noun

Iranian Persian	نخچیر
Dari	نخچیر
Tajik	нахҷир (naxjir)

نخچیر • (naxčir)

hunt, hunting
prey; game, quarry

Synonyms

شکار‎ (šekâr)

Derived terms

نخچیرزار‎ (naxčīrzār, “hunting ground”)
نخچیرباں‎ (naxčīrbān, “hunter”)

Descendants

→ Urdu: نخچیر‎ (naxcīr)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian ‎ (naxčīr, “hunt, hunting; game, quarry; prey”).

Cognate with Wakhi نخچیر‎ (naxčīr, “fox”), Yidgha نخشیر‎ (naxšīr, “goat”), Yagnobi нахшир (naxšir), and Gandhari 𐨣𐨐𐨿𐨕𐨁𐨌𐨪‎ (naxcīra).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nəx.t͡ʃiːɾ/

Noun

نخچیر • (naxcīr) m (Hindi spelling नख़चीर)

prey; game, quarry
wild beast, wild animal
wounded beast; captured prey
(by extension) captive, prisoner

Declension

Declension of نخچیر
	singular	plural
direct	نخچیر‎ (naxcīr)	نخچیر‎ (naxcīr)
oblique	نخچیر‎ (naxcīr)	نخچیروں‎ (naxcīrō̃)
vocative	نخچیر‎ (naxcīr)	نخچیرو‎ (naxcīrō)

Derived terms

نخچیری‎ (naxcīrī, “(pretaining to) hunting”)
نخچیر گاہ‎ (naxcīr-gāh, “hunting ground”)
نخچیر زن‎ (naxcīr-zan, “hunter”)
نخچیر کشی‎ (naxcīr-kušī, “hunting”)
نخچیر مُحبَّت‎ (naxcīr-e-muhabbat)

Related terms

شکار‎ (šikār)

References

“نخچیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.