Where does “ہرگز نہیں” come from?

ہرگز نہیں (Urdu) comes from Urdu ہرگز, from Classical Persian هَرْگِز, from Pahlavi 𐭧𐭪𐭫𐭰, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎣𐎼𐎶𐎨𐎡𐎹, from Old Persian *ha-k(a)r.

ہرگز نہیں (Urdu): never ever, by no means

Definitions

  1. never ever, by no means

Ancestry of “ہرگز نہیں”, step by step

ہرگز نہیں traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Urdu ہرگز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduہرگزever, at any time
2Classical Persianهَرْگِز—
3Pahlavi𐭧𐭪𐭫𐭰—
4Old Persian𐏃𐎣𐎼𐎶𐎨𐎡𐎹once
5Old Persian*ha-k(a)r—

via Urdu نہیں

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduنہیںno, not, nay indicative negation
2Sanskritनहिsurely not, by no means, not at all
3Proto-Indo-Iraniannaǰʰí—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact
Every word from Old Persian *ha-k(a)r →Every word from Old Persian 𐏃𐎣𐎼𐎶𐎨𐎡𐎹 →Every word from Pahlavi 𐭧𐭪𐭫𐭰 →