نادر

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of نَدَرَ‎ (nadara, “to be rare”) and نَدُرَ‎ (nadura, “to be strange”), from the root ن د ر‎ (n-d-r). Compare Hebrew נדיר‎ (nadír, “rare”).

Adjective

نَادِر • (nādir), feminine نَادِرَة‎ (nādira), masculine plural نَادِرُونَ‎ (nādirūna), feminine plural نَادِرَاتٌ‎ (nādirātun) or نَوَادِرُ‎ (nawādiru), elative أَنْدَر‎ (ʔandar)

  1. rare, extraordinary
  2. strange, unusual
  3. excellent, priceless, eminent, precious

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “نادر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “ندر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

نَادِر • (nādir) m

  1. eccentric

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “ندر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نَادِر‎ (nādir).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /nɔˈdiɾ/

  • (file)

Adjective

نادر • (nâder), comparative نادرتَر‎ (nâder-tar), superlative نادرتَرین‎ (nâder-tarin)

  1. rare

Proper noun

نادر • (nâder)

  1. a male given name, Nader

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن د ر‎

Etymology

From Arabic نَادِر‎ (nādir).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naː.dir/, [ˈnæː.dɪr]
  • (file)

Adjective

نادر • (nāder), feminine نادرة‎ (nādre), masculine plural نادرين‎ (nādrīn)

  1. rare, unusual, uncommon

See also

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