ناز

ناز

1. Arabic spelling of naz

Borrowed from Persian ناز‎ (nâz).

ناز • (naz)

1. affected or timid shyness, coiness; coquettish airs
2. whims; waywardness
3. the endearments bestowed on a loved one

• نازلانمق‎, نازلنمق‎ (nazlanmak)
• نازلو‎ (nazlı)

• نازش‎ (naziş)
• نازنده‎ (nazende)

• Turkish: naz
• → Albanian: naz/naze
• → Greek: νάζι (názi)
• → Romanian: nazuri

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ناز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2062

Borrowed from Parthian nʾz (nāz, “pleasure, delight”) or inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (nʾz- /⁠nāz-⁠/, “to take pleasure, to delight”, whence the verb نازیدن‎ (nâzidan)), both from Proto-Iranian *nāz- (“to be coquettish”). No Indo-European etymology per Cheung 2007.

ناز • (nâz)

1. vanity, pride; mincing air; feigned disdain; affective coyness; coquetry, flirtation
   • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Rubaʿī 81”, in دیوان سعدی‎:

     ‏تا سر نکنم در سرت ای مایهٔ ناز
     کوته نکنم ز دامنت دست نیاز
     هرچند که راهم به تو دورست و دراز
     در راه بمیرم و نگردم ز تو باز‎

     tā sar na-kunam dar sar-at ay māyi-yi nāz
     kōtah na-kunam zi dāman-at dast-i niyāz
     harčand ki rāh-am bi tu dūr ast u darāz
     dar rāh bimīram u na-gardam zi tu bāz

     Till I thrust myself at your side, o essence of coyness,
     I shall not withdraw the hand of supplication from your skirt;
     Though my road to you is distant and long,
     I shall die on the road, and not turn away from you again.

     (Classical Persian transliteration.)

2. fondling; ogling
3. (archaic) luxury; comfort; delight
4. Short for گل ناز‎ (gol-e nâz, “purslane”).

• The term has no exact equivalence in English, and the meaning of "coquetry" or "flirtation" may be misleading. ناز is a concept central to Persianate culture and tradition, it may refer to coquetry, but also not, as it does not need to be proactive or confined within flirtation or love games. ناز is a trait, a state of being, a compromised modesty that titillates, warms, frustrates and therefore entices the heart.

Shortened from نازنین‎ (nâzanin).

ناز • (nâz)

1. (colloquial) cute

• ملوس‎ (malus)

Borrowed from Classical Persian ناز‎ (nāz), from Parthian nʾz (nāz, “pleasure, delight”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑːz/

ناز • (nāz) m (Hindi spelling नाज़)

1. blandishment
2. playfulness, toying, fondling
3. pride
4. conceit
5. whims
6. softness
7. elegance, gracefulness

• “ناز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “ناز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “ناز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

From Urdu ناز‎ (nāz).

ناز (nāz)

1. love, pampering, overindulgence

From Persian ناز‎ (nâz).

• IPA^(key): /nɑz/

ناز • (naz) (plural نازلار‎ (nazlar))

1. coquetry, coyness

• Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN