نیر

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नीर (nīra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /niːɾᵊ/

Noun

نِیر • (nīr) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੀਰ)

1. river
2. water

   Synonyms: آب (āb), پاݨی (pāṇī), جَل (jal)

3. (poetic, figuratively) tear

   Synonym: اَتّھرُو (atthrū)

4. (figuratively) liquor

Declension

Declension of نیر

	singular	plural
direct	نِیر (nīr)	نِیر (nīr)
oblique	نِیر (nīr)	نِیراں (nīrāṉ)
vocative	نِیرا (nīrā)	نِیرو (nīro)
ablative	نِیروں (nīroṉ)	نِیراں (nīrāṉ)
locative	نِیرے (nīre)	نِیرِیں (nīrīṉ)
instrumental	نِیروں (nīroṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نِیر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਨੀਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नीर (nīra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /niːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

Noun

نِیر • (nīr) m (Hindi spelling नीर)

1. (rustic) water

   Synonyms: آب (āb), پانی (pānī), جَل (jal)

2. (poetic, figuratively) tear

   Synonym: آنْسُو (ānsū)

Declension

Declension of نیر

	singular	plural
direct	نِیر (nīr)	نِیر (nīr)
oblique	نِیر (nīr)	نِیروں (nīrõ)
vocative	نِیر (nīr)	نِیرو (nīro)

Further reading

• “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, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نير”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.