نصیحت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَصِيحَة (naṣīḥa, advice).

Noun

نصیحت • (nasihat) (plural نصایح (nasayih) or نصائح (nasaih))

  1. advice, counsel, an opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful
    Synonyms: اوگوت (öğüt), پند (pend)

Derived terms

  • بابا نصیحتی (baba nasihati, paternal advice)
  • نصیحت آمیز (nasihat amiz, word of advice)
  • نصیحت ایتمك (nasihat itmek, to give advice)
  • نصیحت دیڭله‌مك (nasihat diñlemek, to listen to advice)
  • نصیحت ویرمك (nasihat virmek, to give advice)
  • نصیحت پذیر (nasihat pezir, listening to advices)
  • نصیحتجی (nasihatci, counsellor, advisor)
  • نصیحتكار (nasihatkar, giving advice)
  • نصیحتگر (nasihatger, giving advice)

Descendants

  • Turkish: nasihat

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَصِيحَة (naṣīḥa).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? nasīhat
Dari reading? nasīhat
Iranian reading? nasihat
Tajik reading? nasihat

Noun

Dari نَصیحَت
Iranian Persian
Tajik насиҳат

نصیحت • (nasihat) (plural نصایح (nasâye'))

  1. advice, counsel, admonition
    Synonyms: پند (pand), مشورت (mašvarat), اندرز (andarz)

Derived terms

  • نصیحت کردن (nasihat kardan, to advise)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَصیحَت (nasēhat), from Arabic نَصِيحَة (naṣīḥa).

Pronunciation

Noun

نَصِیحَت • (nasīhatf (Hindi spelling नसीहत)

  1. advice, counsel, suggestion

Further reading

  • نصیحت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “نصیحت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.