हरगिज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian هرگز‎ (hargez), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭪𐭫𐭰‎ (ḥklc /hagriz/), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎣𐎼𐎶𐎨𐎡𐎹 (h-k-r-m-c-i-y /hakara-mciy/), the first part from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-kr̥t.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦəɾ.ɡɪz/

Adverb

हरगिज़ • (hargiz) (Urdu spelling هرگز‎)

  1. ever, at any time
    हरगिज़ नहीं ― hargiz nahī̃ ― never
    Synonyms: कदापि (kadāpi), कभी (kabhī)

References
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “हरगिज़”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “हरगिज़”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
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