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)	—
locative	نِیرے (nīre)	نِیرِیں (nīrīṉ)
instrumental	نِیروں (nīroṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “نِیر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਨੀਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

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, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “نير”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.