नगर
See also: नांगर
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nágara). Doublet of -नेर (-ner).
Pronunciation
Noun
नगर • (nagar) m (Urdu spelling نگر)
- city, town
- (deprecated template usage) तुम किस नगर से आए हो?
- tum kis nagar se āe ho?
- What city do you come from?
- Synonym: शहर (śahar)
- (deprecated template usage)
Declension
Marathi
Etymology
Noun
नगर • (nagar) n
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नगर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Nepali
Noun
नगर • (nagar)
Verb
- second-person imperative of गर्नु (garnu)
Newar
Noun
नगर • (nagara)
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Noun
नगर • (nagara) n
Sanskrit
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Dravidian, compare Old Tamil 𑀦𑀓𑀭𑁆 (nakar, “house, palace, temple, city”), Telugu [script needed] (nagaru, “palace”).
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নগৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬕᬭ (Balinese script)
- নগর (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰐𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀕𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- နဂရ (Burmese script)
- નગર (Gujarati script)
- ਨਗਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌗𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦒꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂏𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ನಗರ (Kannada script)
- នគរ (Khmer script)
- ນຄຣ (Lao script)
- നഗര (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᡤᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘐𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᠺᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑦰𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐐𑐬 (Newa script)
- ନଗର (Odia script)
- ꢥꢔꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆓𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖐𑖨 (Siddham script)
- නගර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩞𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚌𑚤 (Takri script)
- நக³ர (Tamil script)
- నగర (Telugu script)
- นคร (Thai script)
- ན་ག་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒑𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨍𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Noun
नगर • (nágara) stem, n
- town, city
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 2.43.4:
- अथ स्म नगरे रामः चरन् भैक्षम् गृहे वसेत् ।
काम कारः वरम् दातुम् अपि दासम् मम आत्मजम् ॥- atha sma nagare rāmaḥ caran bhaikṣam gṛhe vaset.
kāma kāraḥ varam dātum api dāsam mama ātmajam.
- 2002 translation by K. M. K. Murthy
- Even giving my son to her as a slave would have been better. By that Rama would have at least stayed in the house by doing the work entrusted by her and roaming about in the city, asking alms.
- atha sma nagare rāmaḥ caran bhaikṣam gṛhe vaset.
- अथ स्म नगरे रामः चरन् भैक्षम् गृहे वसेत् ।
Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of नगर (nágara) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | नगरम् nágaram |
नगरे nágare |
नगराणि / नगरा¹ nágarāṇi / nágarā¹ |
Vocative | नगर nágara |
नगरे nágare |
नगराणि / नगरा¹ nágarāṇi / nágarā¹ |
Accusative | नगरम् nágaram |
नगरे nágare |
नगराणि / नगरा¹ nágarāṇi / nágarā¹ |
Instrumental | नगरेण nágareṇa |
नगराभ्याम् nágarābhyām |
नगरैः / नगरेभिः¹ nágaraiḥ / nágarebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | नगराय nágarāya |
नगराभ्याम् nágarābhyām |
नगरेभ्यः nágarebhyaḥ |
Ablative | नगरात् nágarāt |
नगराभ्याम् nágarābhyām |
नगरेभ्यः nágarebhyaḥ |
Genitive | नगरस्य nágarasya |
नगरयोः nágarayoḥ |
नगराणाम् nágarāṇām |
Locative | नगरे nágare |
नगरयोः nágarayoḥ |
नगरेषु nágareṣu |
Notes |
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Adjective
नगर • (nágara) stem
Descendants
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- → Assamese: নগৰ (nôgôr)
- → Bengali: নগর (nogor)
- → Burmese: နဂိုရ် (na.guir); နဂရ (na.ga.ra.)
- → Gujarati: નગર (nagar)
- → Hindi: नगर (nagar)
- → Khmer: នគរ (nɔkɔɔ)
- → Kannada: ನಗರ (nagara)
- → Lao: ນະຄອນ (na khǭn)
- → Malay: negara
- → Marathi: नगर (nagar)
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "mkh-mkm" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- Khmer: អង្គរ (ʼɑngkɔɔ)
- Pali: nagara
- → Sinhalese: නගරය (nagaraya)
- → Tamil: நகரம் (nakaram)
- → Telugu: నగరము (nagaramu)
- → Thai: นคร (ná-kɔɔn)
- → Urdu: نگر (nagar)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “नगर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 525.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “nágara-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 5
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