نیک

See also: نيك and ن ي ك

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭪 (nyk /⁠nēk⁠/), from Old Persian *naibakaʰ, from 𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *naybah.

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? nēk
Dari reading? nēk
Iranian reading? nik
Tajik reading? nek

Adjective
Dari نیک
Iranian Persian
Tajik нек

نیک • (nik) (comparative نیک‌تَر (nik-tar), superlative نیک‌تَرین (nik-tarin))

  1. good
    Synonyms: خوب (xub), به (beh)

Derived terms
  • نیک‌خواهی

Descendants
  • → Bengali: নেক (nek)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਨੇਕ (nek)
    Shahmukhi script: نیک (nek)

Adverb
Dari نیک
Iranian Persian
Tajik нек

نیک • (nik)

  1. well
  2. (archaic) completely

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نیک (nēk).

Pronunciation

Adjective

نیک • (nek) (Hindi spelling नेक)

  1. good, virtuous, righteous, upright, pious, kind-hearted, mannerly

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu نیک (nek).

Noun

نیک (nek)

  1. owner, landlord

Adjective

نیک (nek)

  1. good, virtuous, righteous, upright, pious, kind-hearted, mannerly
  2. holy, chaste, pure, abstemious, virtuous
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