नर

See also: नीर, नारी, नारा, नरों, नरो, and Appendix:Variations of "nar"

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nəɾ/, [n̪əɾ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit नर (nára).

Noun

नर • (nar) m (Urdu spelling نر‎)

1. man, male

Declension

Declension of नर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नर nar	नर nar
oblique	नर nar	नरों narõ
vocative	नर nar	नरो naro

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian نر‎ (nar).

Adjective

नर • (nar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نر‎)

1. male, masculine

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) , “नर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• nara (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• নর (Bengali script)
• නර (Sinhalese script)
• နရ or ၼရ (Burmese script)
• นร or นะระ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ນຣ or ນະຣະ (Lao script)
• នរ (Khmer script)

Noun

नर m

1. man

Declension

Declension table of "नर" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	नरो	नरा
Accusative (second)	नरं	नरे
Instrumental (third)	नरेन	नरेहि or नरेभि
Dative (fourth)	नरस्स or नराय or नरत्थं	नरानं
Ablative (fifth)	नरस्मा or नरम्हा or नरा	नरेहि or नरेभि
Genitive (sixth)	नरस्स	नरानं
Locative (seventh)	नरस्मिं or नरम्हि or नरे	नरेसु
Vocative (calling)	नर	नरा

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬦᬭ (Balinese script)
• নৰ (Assamese script)
• নর (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌨𑌰 (Grantha script)
• નર (Gujarati script)
• ꦤꦫ (Javanese script)
• ನರ (Kannada script)
• နရ (Burmese script)
• 𑐣𑐬 (Newa script)
• ନର (Oriya script)
• ꢥꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖨 (Siddham script)
• నర (Telugu script)
• ནར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒩 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr), Persian نر‎ (nar), Old Armenian այր (ayr).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ́.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

नर • (nára) m

1. a human, a person
2. a male person
3. a husband
4. a hero
5. a man or piece at chess or draughts
6. the pin or gnomon of a sun-dial
7. the primeval Man or eternal Spirit pervading the universe

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नर (nára)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नरः náraḥ	नरौ nárau	नराः / नरासः¹ nárāḥ / nárāsaḥ¹
Vocative	नर nára	नरौ nárau	नराः / नरासः¹ nárāḥ / nárāsaḥ¹
Accusative	नरम् náram	नरौ nárau	नरान् nárān
Instrumental	नरेण náreṇa	नराभ्याम् nárābhyām	नरैः / नरेभिः¹ náraiḥ / nárebhiḥ¹
Dative	नराय nárāya	नराभ्याम् nárābhyām	नरेभ्यः nárebhyaḥ
Ablative	नरात् nárāt	नराभ्याम् nárābhyām	नरेभ्यः nárebhyaḥ
Genitive	नरस्य nárasya	नरयोः nárayoḥ	नराणाम् nárāṇām
Locative	नरे náre	नरयोः nárayoḥ	नरेषु náreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Balinese: ᬦᬭ (nara)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀭 (ṇara)
• Pali: nara
  • → Khmer: នរ (nɔɔ)
  • → Thai: นร (nɔɔ-rá-)
• → Hindi: नर (nar)
• Indonesian: nara, nara-
• → Marathi: नर (nar)
• → Kannada: ನರ (nara)
• ⇒ Telugu: నరుడు (naruḍu)

References

• “न॑र” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 262, column 1.
• Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 137
• Monier Williams (1899) , “नर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 528, column 3.
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 455