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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