हरगिज़

हरगिज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian هرگز‎ (hargez), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭪𐭫𐭰‎ (ḥklc /hagriz/), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎣𐎼𐎶𐎨𐎡𐎹 (h-k-r-m-c-i-y /hakara-mciy/), the first part from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-kr̥t.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦəɾ.ɡɪz/, /ɦəɾ.ɡɪd͡ʒ/

Adverb

हरगिज़ • (hargiz) (Urdu spelling ہرگز‎)

1. ever, at any time

   हरगिज़ नहीं ― hargiz nahī̃ ― never

   Synonyms: कदापि (kadāpi), कभी (kabhī)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884), “hargiz”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “hargiz”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House