नर

See also: नीर, नारी, नारा, नरों, नरो, and Appendix:Variations of "nar"

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nəɾ/, [n̪əɾ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit नर (nára).

Noun

नर (nar) m (Urdu spelling نر)

  1. man, male
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian نر (nar).

Adjective

नर (nar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نر)

  1. male, masculine

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नर (nara).

Adjective

नर (nar)

  1. male, masculine

Noun

नर (nar) m

  1. man, male (especially in organisms)
    Antonym: मादी (mādī) (by gender)

Declension

Declension of नर (nar)
direct
singular
नर
nar
direct
plural
नर
nar
singular plural
nominative नर
nar
नर
nar
oblique नरा-
narā-
नरां-
narāN-
dative नराला
narālā
नरांना
narāNnā
ergative नराने
narāne
नरांनी
narāNni
instrumental नराशी
narāśi
नरांशी
narāNśi
locative नरात
narāt
नरांत
narāNt
vocative नरा
narā
नरांनो
narāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of नर
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject नराचा
narāċā
नराचे
narāce
नराची
narāci
नराच्या
narāca
नराचे, नराचं
narāce, narāċa
नराची
narāci
नराच्या
narāca
plural subject नरांचा
narāNċā
नरांचे
narāNce
नरांची
narāNci
नरांच्या
narāNca
नरांचे, नरांचं
narāNce, narāNċa
नरांची
narāNci
नरांच्या
narāNca
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “नर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), नर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), नर”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

नर m

  1. man

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr), Persian نر (nar), Old Armenian այր (ayr).

Pronunciation

Noun

नर (nára) m

  1. a human, a person
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 01.154.05
      tád asya priyám abhí pā́tho aśyāṃ
      náro yátra devayávo mádanti
      urukramásya sá hí bándhur itthā
      víṣṇoḥ padé paramé mádhva útsaḥ
      Might I reach that dear cattle-pen of his, where men seeking the gods find elation, for exactly that is the bond to the wide-striding one: the wellspring of mead in the highest step of Viṣṇu.
  2. a male person
  3. a husband
  4. a hero
  5. a man or piece at chess or draughts
  6. the pin or gnomon of a sun-dial
  7. the primeval Man or eternal Spirit pervading the universe

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नर (nára)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative नरः
náraḥ
नरौ
nárau
नराः / नरासः¹
nárāḥ / nárāsaḥ¹
Vocative नर
nára
नरौ
nárau
नराः / नरासः¹
nárāḥ / nárāsaḥ¹
Accusative नरम्
náram
नरौ
nárau
नरान्
nárān
Instrumental नरेण
náreṇa
नराभ्याम्
nárābhyām
नरैः / नरेभिः¹
náraiḥ / nárebhiḥ¹
Dative नराय
nárāya
नराभ्याम्
nárābhyām
नरेभ्यः
nárebhyaḥ
Ablative नरात्
nárāt
नराभ्याम्
nárābhyām
नरेभ्यः
nárebhyaḥ
Genitive नरस्य
nárasya
नरयोः
nárayoḥ
नराणाम्
nárāṇām
Locative नरे
náre
नरयोः
nárayoḥ
नरेषु
náreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀭 (ṇara)
  • Pali: nara
  • Hindi: नर (nar)
  • Urdu: نر
  • Old Javanese: nara
  • Marathi: नर (nar)
  • Kannada: ನರ (nara)
  • Telugu: నరుడు (naruḍu)
  • Malayalam: നരൻ (naraṉ)
  • Bengali: নর (nor)

References

  • न॑र” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 262, column 1.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), नर”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 137
  • Monier Williams (1899), नर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 528, column 3.
  • Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 455
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