"نیک" meaning in Persian

See نیک in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [neːk] [Classical-Persian], [neːk] [Dari, formal], [neːk] [Dari, formal], [neːk] [Kabuli], [neːk] (note: Hazaragi), [niːkʲ] [Iran, formal], [nek] [Tajik, formal] Forms: nik [romanization], نیکتَر [comparative], نیکتَرین [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭪 (nyk /⁠nēk⁠/), from Old Persian *naibakaʰ, from 𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *naybah. Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|𐭭𐭩𐭪|tr=nyk|ts=nēk}} Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭪 (nyk /⁠nēk⁠/), {{inh|fa|peo|*naibakaʰ}} Old Persian *naibakaʰ, {{m|peo|𐎴𐎡𐎲|ts=naibaʰ}} 𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*naybah}} Proto-Iranian *naybah Head templates: {{fa-adj|c=+|tr=nik}} نیک • (nik) (comparative نیکتَر (nik-tar), superlative نیکتَرین (nik-tarin))
  1. good Synonyms: خوب, به Derived forms: نیکخواهی
    Sense id: en-نیک-fa-adj-dw5gdiTW Categories (other): Middle Persian terms with redundant transliterations, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with redundant transliterations: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: نیکو (niku), نکو (neku)

Adverb

IPA: [neːk] [Classical-Persian], [neːk] [Dari, formal], [neːk] [Dari, formal], [neːk] [Kabuli], [neːk] (note: Hazaragi), [niːkʲ] [Iran, formal], [nek] [Tajik, formal] Forms: nik [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭪 (nyk /⁠nēk⁠/), from Old Persian *naibakaʰ, from 𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *naybah. Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|𐭭𐭩𐭪|tr=nyk|ts=nēk}} Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭪 (nyk /⁠nēk⁠/), {{inh|fa|peo|*naibakaʰ}} Old Persian *naibakaʰ, {{m|peo|𐎴𐎡𐎲|ts=naibaʰ}} 𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*naybah}} Proto-Iranian *naybah Head templates: {{head|fa|adverb|tr=nik}} نیک • (nik)
  1. well
    Sense id: en-نیک-fa-adv-p3Irdl0V
  2. (archaic) completely Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-نیک-fa-adv-y4mA9V2F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: نیکو (niku), نکو (neku) Derived forms: اندیشه نیک، گفتار نیک، کردار نیک (andiše-e nik, goftâr-e nik, kerdâr-e nik)

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "নেক",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: নেক (nek)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: নেক (nek)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਨੇਕ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਨੇਕ (nek)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਨੇਕ (nek)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "نیک",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "nek"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: نیک (nek)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: نیک (nek)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭭𐭩𐭪",
        "tr": "nyk",
        "ts": "nēk"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭪 (nyk /⁠nēk⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "*naibakaʰ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian *naibakaʰ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎴𐎡𐎲",
        "ts": "naibaʰ"
      },
      "expansion": "𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*naybah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *naybah",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭪 (nyk /⁠nēk⁠/), from Old Persian *naibakaʰ, from 𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *naybah.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nik",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نیکتَر",
      "roman": "nik-tar",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نیکتَرین",
      "roman": "nik-tarin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "c": "+",
        "tr": "nik"
      },
      "expansion": "نیک • (nik) (comparative نیکتَر (nik-tar), superlative نیکتَرین (nik-tarin))",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "نیکخواهی"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "good"
      ],
      "id": "en-نیک-fa-adj-dw5gdiTW",
      "links": [
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "خوب"
        },
        {
          "word": "به"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[niːkʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nek]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "niku",
      "word": "نیکو"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "neku",
      "word": "نکو"
    }
  ],
  "word": "نیک"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "andiše-e nik, goftâr-e nik, kerdâr-e nik",
      "word": "اندیشه نیک، گفتار نیک، کردار نیک"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭭𐭩𐭪",
        "tr": "nyk",
        "ts": "nēk"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭪 (nyk /⁠nēk⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "*naibakaʰ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian *naibakaʰ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎴𐎡𐎲",
        "ts": "naibaʰ"
      },
      "expansion": "𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*naybah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *naybah",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭪 (nyk /⁠nēk⁠/), from Old Persian *naibakaʰ, from 𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *naybah.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nik",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "adverb",
        "tr": "nik"
      },
      "expansion": "نیک • (nik)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "well"
      ],
      "id": "en-نیک-fa-adv-p3Irdl0V",
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He completely lost his temper.",
          "text": "Tarikh-i Bayhaqi\nوی نیک از جای بشد.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "completely"
      ],
      "id": "en-نیک-fa-adv-y4mA9V2F",
      "links": [
        [
          "completely",
          "completely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) completely"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[niːkʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nek]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "niku",
      "word": "نیکو"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "neku",
      "word": "نکو"
    }
  ],
  "word": "نیک"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle Persian terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Persian adjectives",
    "Persian adverbs",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Old Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Old Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "نیکخواهی"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "নেক",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: নেক (nek)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: নেক (nek)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਨੇਕ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਨੇਕ (nek)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਨੇਕ (nek)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "نیک",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "nek"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: نیک (nek)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: نیک (nek)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭭𐭩𐭪",
        "tr": "nyk",
        "ts": "nēk"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭪 (nyk /⁠nēk⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "*naibakaʰ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian *naibakaʰ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎴𐎡𐎲",
        "ts": "naibaʰ"
      },
      "expansion": "𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*naybah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *naybah",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭪 (nyk /⁠nēk⁠/), from Old Persian *naibakaʰ, from 𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *naybah.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nik",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نیکتَر",
      "roman": "nik-tar",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نیکتَرین",
      "roman": "nik-tarin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "c": "+",
        "tr": "nik"
      },
      "expansion": "نیک • (nik) (comparative نیکتَر (nik-tar), superlative نیکتَرین (nik-tarin))",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "good"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "خوب"
        },
        {
          "word": "به"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[niːkʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nek]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "niku",
      "word": "نیکو"
    },
    {
      "roman": "neku",
      "word": "نکو"
    }
  ],
  "word": "نیک"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle Persian terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Persian adjectives",
    "Persian adverbs",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Old Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Old Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "andiše-e nik, goftâr-e nik, kerdâr-e nik",
      "word": "اندیشه نیک، گفتار نیک، کردار نیک"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭭𐭩𐭪",
        "tr": "nyk",
        "ts": "nēk"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭪 (nyk /⁠nēk⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "*naibakaʰ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian *naibakaʰ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎴𐎡𐎲",
        "ts": "naibaʰ"
      },
      "expansion": "𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*naybah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *naybah",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭪 (nyk /⁠nēk⁠/), from Old Persian *naibakaʰ, from 𐎴𐎡𐎲 (n-i-b /⁠naibaʰ⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *naybah.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nik",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "adverb",
        "tr": "nik"
      },
      "expansion": "نیک • (nik)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "well"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with archaic senses",
        "Persian terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Persian quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He completely lost his temper.",
          "text": "Tarikh-i Bayhaqi\nوی نیک از جای بشد.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "completely"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "completely",
          "completely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) completely"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neːk]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[niːkʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nek]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "niku",
      "word": "نیکو"
    },
    {
      "roman": "neku",
      "word": "نکو"
    }
  ],
  "word": "نیک"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Persian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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