नगर
See also: नांगर
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nə.ɡəɾ/, [n̪ə.ɡəɾ]
Noun
नगर • (nagar) m (Urdu spelling نگر)
Marathi
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “नगर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nʌ‿ɡʌɾʌ]
- Phonetic Devanagari: न्a g्aर्a
Newar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nəɡəɾə]
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬦᬕᬭ (Balinese script)
- নগৰ (Assamese script)
- নগর (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰐𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀕𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌨𑌗𑌰 (Grantha script)
- નગર (Gujarati script)
- ਨਗਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦤꦒꦫ (Javanese script)
- នគរ (Khmer script)
- ನಗರ (Kannada script)
- ນຄຣ (Lao script)
- നഗര (Malayalam script)
- 𑘡𑘐𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᠺᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠨᠠᡤᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- နဂရ (Burmese script)
- 𑧁𑦰𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐐𑐬 (Newa script)
- ନଗର (Oriya script)
- ꢥꢔꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆓𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖐𑖨 (Siddham script)
- නගර (Sinhalese script)
- నగర (Telugu script)
- นคร (Thai script)
- ན་ག་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒑𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Tedesco derives the word from a dissimilating Prakritization of an unattested compound *नृगर (*nṛgará, “gathering of men”), from नृ (nṛ) + *गर (gara). It is likely the ultimate source of similar words in Dravidian; compare Old Tamil 𑀦𑀓𑀭𑁆 (nakar, “house, palace, temple, city”), Telugu నగరు (nagaru, “palace”). Southworth derives the word from Proto-South Dravidian *nakar.
Noun
नगर • (nágara or nagará) n
- town, city
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 2.43.4:
- अथ स्म नगरे रामः चरन् भैक्षम् गृहे वसेत् ।
काम कारः वरम् दातुम् अपि दासम् मम आत्मजम् ॥- atha sma nagare rāmaḥ caran bhaikṣam gṛhe vaset .
kāma kāraḥ varam dātum api dāsam mama ātmajam .
- 2002 translation by K. M. K. Murthy
- Even giving my son to her as a slave would have been better. By that Rama would have at least stayed in the house by doing the work entrusted by her and roaming about in the city, asking alms.
- atha sma nagare rāmaḥ caran bhaikṣam gṛhe vaset .
- अथ स्म नगरे रामः चरन् भैक्षम् गृहे वसेत् ।
Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of नगर (nágara) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | नगरम् nágaram |
नगरे nágare |
नगराणि / नगरा¹ nágarāṇi / nágarā¹ |
Vocative | नगर nágara |
नगरे nágare |
नगराणि / नगरा¹ nágarāṇi / nágarā¹ |
Accusative | नगरम् nágaram |
नगरे nágare |
नगराणि / नगरा¹ nágarāṇi / nágarā¹ |
Instrumental | नगरेण nágareṇa |
नगराभ्याम् nágarābhyām |
नगरैः / नगरेभिः¹ nágaraiḥ / nágarebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | नगराय nágarāya |
नगराभ्याम् nágarābhyām |
नगरेभ्यः nágarebhyaḥ |
Ablative | नगरात् nágarāt |
नगराभ्याम् nágarābhyām |
नगरेभ्यः nágarebhyaḥ |
Genitive | नगरस्य nágarasya |
नगरयोः nágarayoḥ |
नगराणाम् nágarāṇām |
Locative | नगरे nágare |
नगरयोः nágarayoḥ |
नगरेषु nágareṣu |
Notes |
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Neuter a-stem declension of नगर (nagará) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | नगरम् nagarám |
नगरे nagaré |
नगराणि / नगरा¹ nagarā́ṇi / nagarā́¹ |
Vocative | नगर nágara |
नगरे nágare |
नगराणि / नगरा¹ nágarāṇi / nágarā¹ |
Accusative | नगरम् nagarám |
नगरे nagaré |
नगराणि / नगरा¹ nagarā́ṇi / nagarā́¹ |
Instrumental | नगरेण nagaréṇa |
नगराभ्याम् nagarā́bhyām |
नगरैः / नगरेभिः¹ nagaraíḥ / nagarébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | नगराय nagarā́ya |
नगराभ्याम् nagarā́bhyām |
नगरेभ्यः nagarébhyaḥ |
Ablative | नगरात् nagarā́t |
नगराभ्याम् nagarā́bhyām |
नगरेभ्यः nagarébhyaḥ |
Genitive | नगरस्य nagarásya |
नगरयोः nagaráyoḥ |
नगराणाम् nagarā́ṇām |
Locative | नगरे nagaré |
नगरयोः nagaráyoḥ |
नगरेषु nagaréṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑀬𑀭 (ṇayara)
- Old Gujarati: नयर (nayara)
- Gujarati: નેર (ner)
- Hindi: -नेर (-ner)
- Old Gujarati: नयर (nayara)
- → Assamese: নগৰ (nôgôr)
- → Bengali: নগর (nogor)
- → Burmese: နဂိုရ် (na.guir); နဂရ (na.ga.ra.)
- → Dhivehi: ނަގަރު (nagaru)
- → Gujarati: નગર (nagar)
- → Hindi: नगर (nagar)
- → Khmer: នគរ (nɔkɔɔ)
- → Kannada: ನಗರ (nagara)
- → Lao: ນະຄອນ (na khǭn)
- → Lü: ᦓᦅᦸᧃ (nkoan), ᦓᦅᦟ (nkl)
- → Malayalam: നഗരം (nagaraṃ)
- → Malay: negara (نݢارا)
- → Marathi: नगर (nagar)
- → Middle Khmer: [Term?] (“ʼaṅgara”)
- Khmer: អង្គរ (ʼɑngkɔɔ)
- → Nepali: नगर (nagar)
- → Newar: नगर (nagara)
- → Old Gujarati: नगर (nagara)
- → Old Javanese: nagara
- → Old Tamil: 𑀦𑀓𑀭𑁆 (nakar)
- Tamil: நகர் (nakar)
- Pali: nagara
- → Sinhalese: නගරය (nagaraya)
- → Tamil: நகரம் (nakaram)
- → Telugu: నగరము (nagaramu)
- → Thai: นคร (ná-kɔɔn)
- → Urdu: نگر (nagar)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “नगर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 525.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “nágara-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 5
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