# ناز
## Azerbaijani
### Noun

ناز
* Arabic spelling of naz

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ناز (nâz).

### Noun

ناز • (naz)
* affected or timid shyness, coiness; coquettish airs
* whims; waywardness
* the endearments bestowed on a loved one

#### Derived terms

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

#### Related terms

* نازش (naziş)
* نازنده (nazende)

#### Descendants

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

### Further reading

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

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [nɑːz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [nɑːz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [nɑːz]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [nɑːz]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [nɔːz]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [nɒːz]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [nɔz]

### Etymology 1

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. Compare Old Armenian նազիմ (nazim), an Iranian borrowing.

#### Noun

ناز • (nâz)
* vanity, pride; mincing air; feigned disdain; affective coyness; coquetry, flirtation
** c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Rubaʿī 81”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎: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 بازtā 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 bāzTill 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.)
* fondling; ogling
* (archaic) luxury; comfort; delight
* Short for گل ناز (gol-e nâz, “purslane”).

##### Usage notes

* The term has no exact equivalence in English.

##### Derived terms

* ناز و نیاز (nâz o niyâz)
* ناز کردن (nâz kardan)
* نازی (nâzi)
* نازیدن (nâzidan)

##### Descendants

* → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܵܙܹܐ (nāzē)
* → Azerbaijani: naz
* → Chagatai: ناز
** Uyghur: ناز (naz)
** Uzbek: noz
* → Georgian: ნაზი (nazi)
* → Gujarati: નાજ (nāj), નાઝ (nājh)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: नाज़ (nāz)
    Urdu: ناز (nāz)
* → Middle Armenian: նազ (naz)
** → Armenian: նազ (naz)
* → Ottoman Turkish: ناز (naz)
** Turkish: naz
** → Albanian: naz/naze
** → Greek: νάζι (názi)
** → Romanian: nazuri
* → Punjabi: ناز (nāz)
* → Pashto: ناز
* → Sindhi: ناز
* → Tatar: наз (naz)
* → Turkmen: näz

### Etymology 2

Shortened from نازنین (nâzanin).

#### Adjective

ناز • (nâz)
* (colloquial) cute
    Synonym: ملوس (malus)

## Urdu
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /nɑːz/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ناز • (nāz) m (Hindi spelling नाज़)
* blandishment
* playfulness, toying, fondling
* pride
* conceit
* whims
* softness
* elegance, gracefulness

### Further reading

* “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], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Urdu ناز (nāz).

### Noun

ناز (nāz)
* love, pampering, overindulgence

## Uyghur
### Etymology

From Persian ناز (nâz).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɑz/

### Noun

ناز • (naz) (plural نازلار (nazlar))
* coquetry, coyness

### Further reading

* 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