نیر
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit नीर (nīra).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /niːɾᵊ/
Noun edit
نِیر • (nīr) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੀਰ)
- river
- water
- (poetic, figuratively) tear
- Synonym: اَتّھرُو (atthrū)
- (figuratively) liquor
Declension edit
Declension of نیر | ||
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dir. sg. | نِیر (nīr) | |
dir. pl. | نِیر (nīr) | |
singular | plural | |
direct | نِیر (nīr) | نِیر (nīr) |
oblique | نِیر (nīr) | نِیراں (nīrāṉ) |
vocative | نِیرا (nīrā) | نِیرو (nīro) |
ablative | نِیروں (nīroṉ) | — |
locative | نِیرے (nīre) | نِیرِیں (nīrīṉ) |
instrumental | نِیرے (nīre) | نِیرِیں (nīrīṉ) |
Further reading edit
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit नीर (nīra).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /niːɾ/
- Rhymes: -iːɾ
Noun edit
نِیر • (nīr) m (Hindi spelling नीर)
Declension edit
Declension of نیر | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | نِیر ({{{2}}}) | نِیر ({{{2}}}) |
oblique | نِیر ({{{2}}}) | نِیروں ({{{2}}}ō̃) |
vocative | نِیر ({{{2}}}) | نِیرو ({{{2}}}ō) |
Further reading edit
- “نیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “نیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نير”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.