نامردی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَامَرْدِی (nāmardī). By surface analysis, نامَرْد (nāmard, “impotent”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑː.məɾ.d̪iː/

Noun

نامَرْدی • (nāmardī) f (Hindi spelling नामर्दी)

1. impotence
2. cowardice, unmanliness

Declension

Declension of نامردی
	singular
direct	نامَرْدی (nāmardī)
oblique	نامَرْدی (nāmardī)
vocative	نامَرْدی (nāmardī)

Further reading

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “nā”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 631
• “نامردی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.