нарды

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ناردى
Cyrillic	нарды
Latin	nardy
Yañalif	nardь

Etymology

From Persian نرد (nard, “backgammon”).

Noun

нарды • (nardy)

1. backgammon

Mongolian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian нарды (nardy), from Georgian ნარდი (nardi), from Persian نرد (“backgammon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnarti/
• Syllabification: нар‧ды (2 syllables)

Noun

нарды • (nardy)

1. backgammon

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnardɨ]

Мужчины играют в нарды.

Etymology 1

Derived from Persian نرد (nard, “backgammon”), likely through Georgian ნარდი (nardi) and Armenian նարդի (nardi). The game is most popular in Persian-influenced areas in the Caucasus and Central Asia. During the Soviet era it gained popularity in the rest of the USSR.

Noun

на́рды • (nárdy) m inan pl (genitive на́рдов, plural only)

1. backgammon

Declension

Declension of на́рды (inan pl-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	plural
nominative	на́рды nárdy
genitive	на́рдов nárdov
dative	на́рдам nárdam
accusative	на́рды nárdy
instrumental	на́рдами nárdami
prepositional	на́рдах nárdax

Descendants

• → Latvian: nardi
• → Lithuanian: nardai
• → Mongolian: нарды (nardy)

See also

• нарды on the Russian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ru
• триктра́к (triktrák)

Etymology 2

Noun

на́рды • (nárdy) m inan pl

1. nominative/accusative plural of нард (nard)