नार

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit णारी (ṇārī), from Sanskrit नारी (nā́rī, “woman”). Cognate with Punjabi ਨਾਰ (nār, “woman”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑːɾ/, [näːɾ]

Noun

नार • (nār) f (Urdu spelling نار)

1. a woman

   Synonyms: औरत (aurat), नारी (nārī), स्त्री (strī), महिला (mahilā)

Declension

Declension of नार (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नार nār	नारें nārẽ
oblique	नार nār	नारों nārõ
vocative	नार nār	नारो nāro

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “नार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 113
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नार”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2591

Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نار (nār).

Noun

नार • (nār) m (Perso-Arabic نار)

1. fire

Derived terms

• नार छु मार (nāra chu mār)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• নার (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• နာရ (Burmese script)
• નાર (Gujarati script)
• ਨਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ನಾರ (Kannada script)
• នារ (Khmer script)
• ນາຣ (Lao script)
• നാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ନାର (Odia script)
• ꢥꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• නාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• நார (Tamil script)
• నార (Telugu script)
• นาร (Thai script)
• ནཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

नार • (nāra) stem, ?

1. Human, mortal
2. Spiritual
3. A calf
4. Water
5. A multitude or assemblage of men
6. Dry ginger
7. vriddhi of नर

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “नार”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]