निज

निज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निज (nija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪd͡ʒ/

Adjective

निज • (nij)

1. own, belonging to oneself

   Synonym: अपना (apnā)

2. individual, personal, private
3. (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