نامرد
Persian
editEtymology
editCompound of ناـ (nâ, “un-”) + مرد (mard, “man, masculine”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [nɑː.maɾð]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [nɒː.mæɹd̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [nɔ.mäɹd̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | nāmard |
Dari reading? | nāmard |
Iranian reading? | nâmard |
Tajik reading? | nomard |
Adjective
editDari | نامرد |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | номард |
نامرد • (nâmard) (comparative نامردتَر (nâmard-tar), superlative نامردتَرین (nâmard-tarin))
- cowardly, unmanly, dastardly
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 90:
- هر که بیباکی کند در راه دوست
ره زن مردان شد و نامرد اوست- har ki bē-bākī kunad dar rāh-i dōst
rah zan mardān šud u nāmard ō-st - Any one behaving with irreverence in the path of the Friend
is a brigand who robs men, and he is no man.
- har ki bē-bākī kunad dar rāh-i dōst
References
editHayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نامرد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian نَامَرْد (nāmard). By surface analysis, ناـ (nā-, “not”) + مَرْد (mard, “man, masculine”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɑː.məɾd̪/
Adjective
editنامَرْد • (nāmard) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling नामर्द)
- impotent (incapable of reproducing)
- Synonym: نَپُنْسَک (napunsak)
- cowardly, unmanly
Derived terms
edit- نامَرْدی (nāmardī)
Noun
editنامَرْد • (nāmard) m (Hindi spelling नामर्द)
Declension
editDeclension of نامرد | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | نامَرْد (nāmard) | نامَرْد (nāmard) |
oblique | نامَرْد (nāmard) | نامَرْدوں (nāmardō̃) |
vocative | نامَرْد (nāmard) | نامَرْدو (nāmardō) |
Further reading
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