Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit *नखदर (nakhadara, literally tearing with claws).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

نَاہَرْ (nāharm (Hindi spelling नाहर)

  1. tiger
    Synonym: شیر (śer)

Declension edit

Declension of ناہر
singular plural
direct نَاہَر (nāhar) نَاہَر (nāhar)
oblique نَاہَر (nāhar) نَاہَروں (nāharō̃)
vocative نَاہَر (nāhar) نَاہَرو (nāharō)

Further reading edit

  • ناہر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ناہر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nakhadara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 397
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*nakharin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 397